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about I have noted the way people think about their church. I am afraid
that the most widespread concept is that the church is a religious country
club, operated for the enjoyment and benefit of the members; it makes its
own rules and exists for its own purposes. That is a far cry indeed from
the New Testament description of the church.<P>

Others look upon the church as a collection of emotional misfits who are
waiting for the first bus to glory. I fear some of us give them good reason
to think that!