Never mind that what church people think is the latest thing is usually ten years behind the time. They listen to some preachers who sound as if they personally had breakfast with God this morning and now want to tell everybody what is on God's mind. Then there is the fact that people in the church are always arguing and fighting about something. The church seems to have started out with such spirit and inclusiveness. Now it seems to many to be mean-spirited and exclusive.
Many people find the church excessively predictable.
It seems that churches are often defined by their own narrow cultural boundaries. George MacLeod, whose name is associated with the Iona community in Scotland, tells of a little Scottish town in which there were five churches, each located in just the right place. The Baptist church was near the river. The Salvation Army was by the fire house. The Methodist church was next to the gas station.