Tell that to me and millions of others who were yanked off the street and compelled to come to church and who met Christ there.
Wherever two or more are gathered... Where better to meet the Lord? Where better to hear his voice? He's there already.
My husband Cyrano has said it pretty well. Purpose Driven will not affect those who already really do understand salvation. HOWEVER -- it affects the methods of teaching so that the next generation of believers (spiritually speaking) will not know the truth with clarity. We already have a tendency to do that as human beings, this generational drift. We should not be encouraging it.
Paul met him all by himself on the road to damascus. Many have met him alone in their rooms. Philip met the ethiopian on the road after he was deposited there by the Holy spirit. Are we to relegate evangelism to a church service where we are supposed to be learning more and more how to be sanctified according to the Word of Truth?
People meet him at a roadside diner where someone thought to stop and explain the Gospel to them. The church building and church programs are largely irrelevant. To ascribe such power to earthly structures is superstition, at best. Thank God he is not confined to our silly organizational structures.