In our culture today so many people have been raised on the modern church system that they cannot wrap their minds around the Biblical model of the church gathering.
They focus on a particular building with a pulpit, pews that all face forward, and a man educated by men's schools and paid by the congregation.
The focus is on the traditions of someone up front leading everything, music, speaking, teaching others, and praying for them.
They focus on the perceived authority of the man up front over the people in the pews, operating as the mediator between God and themselves, rather than trusting in the Holy Spirit to guide each one of them according to the Scriptures.
1 Corinthians 14 is the model when the group operates in this way in smaller groups it is beautiful.
