<– back to the parable of the car in the field
Alternative worship groups are the mongrel dog of the established church. It’s a nice looking animal, and it promises to grow up into something good, but if it starts to look a bit dangerous, or someone thinks it might hurt the kids, they’ll have no hesitation in shooting it.
–> even harsher, andrew’s parable of a local church
–> or, an arrangement the emerging churches might want to employ