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But the church is not a crowd to hide in. It's not a product to customize. It's not supposed to be a service provider. And it's not just a place to feel affirmed. We have too many churches that are being run by pastors that are trying to run it like a business. And their whole motive is to get more backsides in the seats, to fill more chairs, to fill the coffers, to be bigger, to have more people, to do more. And while some of that's good because the bigger you are, the more money coming in, the more you can do for your community, we're missing the entire point of what it is to be a church. Because according to scripture, the church is a body. It's a family of redeemed people who belong to one another. Who grow together, who carry one another, and who are shaped by God's mercy into something far deeper than comfort.