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# The danger of the institutional church
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/200637the-danger-of-the-institutional-church-html/
- Published: 2006-03-07T18:53:26.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:33:44.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

From [Next-Wave Ezine > church & culture](http://www.the-next-wave-ezine.info/issue87/index.cfm?id=10&ref=ARTICLES%5FFROM%20THE%20ARCHIVES%5F182):

> Dave Kahle addresses the devastating impact of our current model upon believers, when he says, "The institutional church, with its reliance on paid pastors, church buildings, teaching and worship services, has created a passive, spectator form of Christianity that bleeds the power out of its adherents and siphons resources away from the building of God's kingdom."