“Church-ianity” or Christianity…
That is the question.

Conventional churches are designed to do the following:

• Insulate us from talking and forming relationships by having everyone sitting in neat little rows.
• Preventing doctrine from being challenged by only allowing a leadership class to teach.
• Prevent people from asking difficult questions by having a primary teaching environment (sermon).
• Avoid having to train up new leaders ourselves, by hiring new leaders from outside.
• Simplify leadership selection by choosing leaders by academic standards… Continue reading →