The danger of the institutional church

This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”

From  Next-Wave Ezine > church & culture:

Dave Kahle addresses the devastating impact of our current model upon believers, when he says, "The institutional church, with its reliance on paid pastors, church buildings, teaching and worship services, has created a passive, spectator form of Christianity that bleeds the power out of its adherents and siphons resources away from the building of God's kingdom."