I'd accede to that whole-heartedly!

Reggie McNeal, in THE PRESENT FUTURE does some of the same -- though he advocates changing things from within and his prescription is one you might not have trouble with. It's well-worth the time to read it, published by Jossey-Bass, a secular publishing company, and short, sweet and to the point. Tangential to your post, McNeal and others talk about our responsibility to the "outside world", ie, the world outside of church. Our call has always been to "go therefore and make disciples of all nations". Problems within the evangelical church come, McNeal implies, from spending too much time worrying about what WE want in our churches and God's call on us to serve. I include the move to create "Christian Speculative Fiction" in this. No disrespect to those who publish in this genre, but I wonder sometimes if we should be storming the walls of Hell rather than building a haven of literary safety. Try McNeal's book -- my blog essay:
http://faithandsciencefiction.blogspot.com/2009/0...