Church-less Movement

This post is going to be more of a conversation with myself about theology in practice and how our church age (I'm not talking about eschatology directly, though in some way all events in history relate to eschatology) hates order than it loves truth. On the one side I see Christians—honest Christians—try to understand the Word of God; this is the first group. These people usually tend to sidestep from meaningless cavils—following Paul's example in 2 Timothy—but in effect employ a pacifist approach; they envelop a kind of "let's-all-get-along" attitude and encourage others do so out of love (1 Cor.8:1b). The results from this group leads many to question valid points in doctrine due to their indolent praxis. They only open themselves up to an internal dialog as long as it doesn't goad or prod the establishment.

On the other hand, the second group is even more virulent in its approach and akin to activist atheists. These people are doubly dangerous and perilous. They are the opposite of the first group and most likely don't have a home church themselves. They disrupt the establishment, unlike the first group, and in effect urge others to do the same. This kind of thinking culminates in the theology of "church-less Christianity" (see Horton, Christless Christianity). They sacrifice orthopraxy for a false sense of orthodoxy.

There has been a somewhat buoying movement among young Christians who are making a stand to leave churches in order to arouse the churches' suspicion. This, however, caricatures an orthodox view of ecclesiology (the study and nature of the church: its origins, functions, and institutions). I won't get into which theory best befits the theological and Biblical content of the merits of ecclesiology, but this movement is symptomatic of these young YRR ("Young, Restless and Reformed"). These youngsters couch themselves in Calvinism (Doctrines of Grace), but they also seem to ignore what Calvin himself wrote in his Institutes in book IV about the nature of the church.