Why do we come together on Sunday mornings?

Why do we dress the way we do?

Why do we sing the songs we sing, and say that other songs that aren't our preference aren't worship songs?

Why do we listen to a preacher preach every Sunday?

Why do we tithe?

Why do we have pot luck meals and call that "fellowship"?

Why is gossip ok, but having a drink of beer is not?

Why do we pick certain sins to be "bad" and others to be "really bad" and still others to be "not so bad"?

Why do we spend our Sunday mornings picking apart the service?

Why do we spend our Sunday School hour complaining about what we don't like at church?

Why do we say that we are "going" to church?

Why do we have to have a choir?

Why do we have to have a praise team?

Why do we have committees?

Why do we have church constitutions?

Why do we follow the church constitution closer than we do the bible?

Why do we argue about which bible translation is the best?

Why do we waste our time doing things that have no impact in our lives or the lives of others?

Why is Sunday the only day we can "be" the church?

I'm tired of asking these questions only to receive Southern Baptist answers that are not backed by scripture. Or, if people are backing them by scripture then they have been taken out of context.

I'm tired of wasting my time as a minister.

I'm tired of being a part of something that I don't believe in (the institutionalized version of the church).

I'm tired of feeling like I'm beating my head against an immovable wall called legalism.

I'm ready for something more.

I'm ready for something real.

I'm ready for something that is life changing.

I'm ready for a change.