A Tale of Three Churches

Court House Church
These churches see their job as to pass judgement on sinful people and the world on general. They tend to focus on political action, be ingrown, see themselves as persecuted, get distracted by end times stuff, and completely miss the point of Jesus.

Theatre Church
These churches are all about the Sunday show. Their goal is draw all sorts of people together for an hour or two on Sunday and distract them from their pain and problems with songs and stories about Jesus but they tend to send them back out unchanged. People can come to these churches for a long time and still be strangers and if they are honest they have to admit they don;t so much reach out and they allow outsiders to reach in.

Hospital Church
These churches believe their mission is to be the active physical presence of Jesus actively engaged in fixing what (or more accurately who) is broken in this world. They get it that diagnosis is necessary and bedside manner is important but they realize their ultimate goal is to welcome those who come, got get those who don't, and exemplify the life changing love and point them all the healing grace of Jesus Christ. They are drawn to pain and expect to see the sick made well.