I am convinced that *churchianity* is the biggest detriment to Christianity that this world has seen.
The strongest and most mature Christians I know are those for whom church is optional.
I am also convinced that the church in the book of Acts would not even recognize what is called church today.
I too, am disgusted by much of what I see going on in churches today and can understand where you’re coming from.
This is nothing new. Paul, Peter and John all warn about apostate churches and leaders. In the first and second centuries alone there were the churches of the Marcionites, the Valentinians, the Montanists and various gnostic offshoots. This will always be a challenge as Satan works hard to corrupt the bride of Christ. But there have always been faithful Churches too and there still are many, many today. This is a battle each generation of Christians must wage - But we don't just withdraw into ourselves and give up on the Church because we happened to be burn by a bad one.