economics of liturgy

i have to get this off my chest.

and it's not necessarily directed at anyone in particular.

over fifty percent of church growth is transient. i think it might be even higher than that. migratory. the church isn't growing, it's relocating. and this pisses me off. when did the church of the Almighty God become this disposable, recyclable commodity? why has it become viewed as this dispenser of self-centered wants when we blatantly deny what we can give to His body, His people? granted, there is a time and place for being fed by the church, but that is not its manifest function.

somewhere along the way, this paradigm shift occurred in how we view church, and she's bleeding because of it. i argue that the manifest function of the church is to be the vehicle in which we spill our lives for the One who shed His untainted blood to redeem our adulterous hearts. it doesn't matter if i'm not connecting with the sunday message, for it's the Holy Spirit inside who instructs me in the intangible lessons which my heart so desperately needs.

why are people jumping ship and swimming to the more luxurious vessel with more bells and whistles? why can't people commit? for life? are we that thin-skinned?

i understand this may come off with a caustic tone, but this is a problem, and so many christians are too willing to give up their posts. the church is internally bleeding as we've accepted this unbiblical worldview of selfishness and expendability. i don't even know if that's a real word.

jesus, please help your people. rushing wind, blow through this temple, clearing out the dust within.