5:11a

And great fear came over the whole church: This indicates that all the believers in Jesus became very fearful. Here are some other ways to translate this clause:

great fear came upon the whole church (English Standard Version)
-or-
The whole church was terrified

See how you translated great fear came over in 5:5.

the whole church: The word church refers to believers in Jesus as a group. The word whole indicates that the phrase refers to all believers. Here are some other ways to translate this phrase:

the community/group of believers
-or-
all the believers
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all the people who believe ⌊in Jesus⌋

In the Bible the word church never refers to a building.

5:11b

these events: These words refer to the story about the deaths of Ananias and Sapphira in 5:1–10. In some languages the word “those” would be more natural here. For example:

those events

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