In some places school facilities and restaurants are rented. Using our terminology people do not quit church going if they move from regular attendance at one location to another gathering of Christians with the same or any other denominational label. We will consider the frustrations that arise from denominationalism in chapter 5. But already by our definition there are far less total church quitters than might appear from denominational statistics. Many of their members have moved to meet some other place in their own way.
Love is a respect for the freedom of the other.
And God certainly cares for our freedom. That implies that Jesus is building a church to free us, but he will never use guilt to force us into it. If people freely decide to quit church, we do not assume the decision wrong. But it does concern us enough to examine it. We want to gather any information from our readers that might help us understand and find ways to remove the frustrations where possible.