I think maybe that is why one can find so many "churches" out there. Many of us have gotten so wealthy that we think we can just hire someone to do what we dictate even in the church. This is how I want my church to be, what I want it to do, and how I want it to do it. If it doesn't please me, you haven't done the job right. We seem to forget that we did not design the church. God planned before He ever made the world what the church should be (Eph 3:8-12). He had the apostles teach the same things in every church so they would all be the same (1 Cor 4:17). If one is different from the other, we are the ones who messed up. We decided we were the interior designers, and worse, we decided not to follow the Customer's desires and opinions. We decided we knew better than He about such things as our activities when we meet together and the use of our resources. Just what would you do if the designer you hired changed the paint color you wanted without your permission and put a wall where you wanted an open concept? I think you would fire him.
So what in the world do you think God would do to the one who changed the pattern for the church His son died for, the body who is supposed to be subject to Him in all things, the family He is the head of, the flock He leads? I think firing might be the least of that person's problems.
That is why I sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord, to remind you of my ways in Christ, as I teach them everywhere in every church…This is my rule in all the churches…as in all the churches of the saints… as I directed all the churches of Galatia, do also do you…(1Cor 4:17: 7:17;14:33; 16:1; ).
Dene Ward