We want to be catered in everything ,so we lose our right to develop into becoming the ministry. We put all the spiritual responsibility on pastors thus forfeiting our right as Christians to mature and develop.We live in a world where getting ahead means moving up the ladder,no different than in the church.What happened to decreasing and Him increasing.Institutionalized Churches are Agenda orientated and revolve around positional parties. I think God wants us to be more intimate with each other,while coming together with no agenda but to seek Him and to share Christ with one another. It's time to move outside of the box and to grow in Christ.
This kind of coming together would include accountability.
Thanks for your comments.
Amen.
As a Christian, I used to have a knee-jerk reaction to statements such as yours, but as I've grown older and observed more, I'm horrified by what I see in the "mega-churches" that are springing up everywhere.
I agree with your belief that God wants a a close and personal relationship with us and wants us to share him with one another, not just congregate on Sunday, listen to one person tell us what (he thinks) we should do, throw money in the plate and go about our lives until next Sunday.