"We have elevated the "how to do church" to the point where it takes a professional or even a professional team to pull it off. We have made it about attracting an audience rather than raising up an army.

We have raised the bar on how to do church but lowered the bar as to what it means to be a disciple. If you give up 1.5 hours per week...you're considered a good disciple. Thats not how Jesus did it.

What we need to do is raise the bar as to what it means to be a disciple and lower the bar as to how we "do church".

Neil Cole - Author of Organic Church