[roamer_1]

As everyone knows, churches, when they become corporations have to operate like a corporation not a church.

I do agree with all you said.

It is unfortunate that moments after the pews are installed, and the sign is hung up, every church must compete corporately. It is all about getting butts in the pews, to some degree. How they do that without stepping upon their calling makes all the difference. Unfortunately (for them), their calling will invariably be short and ignominious if they do not do it right.

But along with that, I might observe that the variance and focus of different churches are also part of what I would suppose is God's plan for the Protestants- Some people can only digest milk, while those more experienced crave the meat. I can tell you surely that many I have met came from more mainstream lackluster churches to the one I frequent craving Spirit, their training wheels having been removed.

So it is not necessarily a bad thing to have "get 'em in the pews" churches out there, for their milk does serve a purpose.

[Quix]

I think those are excellent points, too.