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I’ve never before heard someone say “the American church”
Ahh, sorry, that's a bit of Christian-ese. So, within Christianity, we actually think of "church" as being a word that means...basically like four related but distinct things.
It can mean "every Christian who has ever lived" (usually you see that form capitalized, as "the Church.")
It can mean "a particular expression/denomination/subset of that universal Church" (e.g. Presbyterian, Pennsylvanian, Peruvian, etc.)
It can mean "a local congregation that meets and worships as a group" (e.g. Downtown First Baptist of Nowheresville)
It can mean "the building where that congregation meets" (e.g. 123 N Main St, Nowheresville, PA)
There are some other, lesser-used definitions of that word, but in the end you kind of have to figure it all out by context. "The American Church" is a pretty common term in some circles, referring to meaning #2--a particular subset of the global church in America. The reason it's particularly common in the circles I run in is because we talk about it like a toddler that's running around smearing poop on everything and knocking glassware off of tall shelves, and laughing at anyone who tries to tell him to stop.