Unfortunately the modern church as we know it is NOT the church of the apostles and Christ. Everything that we consider to be "church" is an invention of Man in the last Millenium. Steeples, pews, Preachers, raised pulpits, stained glass, The pageantry of the service, the candles, etc. etc.
Thats why its called religion. Its something you do over & over again the same way. The original church met wherever they could gather. The worshipped & praised & uplifted each other. They ate together. Sang together. Prayed together. Carried on dialogue with each other. This was
and is the way Church is supposed to be. No one man is dominant in a worship service. When politics are injected into worshipping God then I think the wrong person is being served. ( or self-served )
