One extreme tends to limit expression and participation by members of the Body, while the other extreme tends to develop a synthetic participation which depends more on human personality and direction than the true moving of God's Spirit. There is a tendency in some areas to neglect encouragement of expression and service from all members of Christ's body. Some, even among those who claim to believe in the manifestations of the Spirit, forbid the operation of the gifts in public services. This can be carried to the extreme until members are completely denied a useful function. In some churches too much energy is spent just to maintain the machinery.
Pastors do all the ministering, and most of the members are passive.
The promotional emphases do not meet the spiritual needs of the members. Too much of the activity is geared to the carnal mind. Conformity to a master program replaces individual creativity. Orthodoxy becomes a substitute for reality. This is a day when the winds of the Spirit are blowing freely.