Rebellion

Does anybody else believe there is good rebellion? I personally think the world would be much better off if more people rebelled. There are a lot of things in this world that aren't working but also aren't being changed. The political system, social security, credit cards, and a lot of things in churches. Why does it take planting a new church for a church to be a comfortable place for new comers? Why can't pastors and lay people learn new ways of doing things in order to reach the lost? Isn't that the main goal of a church? Paul said he would do whatever it took to reach the lost or be whoever he needed to be to reach those different from him. I'm sure people he was writing to didn't just skim over those words like we do. That was scandalous! Especially to Jews, the elitists! They were God's chosen people and compromise of Jewish "integrity" was not taken lightly! For those who weren't Jewish, those words would have shown a whole new side of Paul. Someone who did things differently. Someone who cared enough to meet them where they were. Someone who could relate to them in a way they felt comfortable. Someone who didn't care about "tradition" and making the "elite" comfortable. He knew his calling and did whatever it took to show them Jesus' love.
That is what we are supposed to be like! Not all of us are going to become traveling evangelists or great writers or martyrs. But we all need to learn where people are, what they believe, what they struggle with and meet them as they are.
Why do we insist on the same ol', same ol'? Same church services, same dress code...let me stop right there. I hear the argument a lot that dressing up for church shows God we care and revere him when we come to church. Who taught us that lie? God has never cared about our outward appearance! The greatest preacher ever (besides Jesus) wore skins for clothes. John the baptist dressed down even by his own cultures standards. Some of the best dressed people in church are the least caring people I know. They do not imitate Jesus anymore than the one dressed in jeans and a t-shirt because of what they wear. Why do we think the verse that says God doesn't look at the outward appearances but he cares about our heart doesn't apply to church? Since when does a skirt (or suit and/or tie) say how much we love Jesus?
Anyway, sorry about my little tangent there. We are to meet people where they are. How can we do that if we aren't in touch with what they watch, where they go, what they believe, or how they feel about things in their world? Yet the church tells us to avoid places "sinners" go, abhor non-christian music and television, (by the way, "christian" tv is my least favorite ever!) and a 1,2,3, formula for "saving" someone is the only way taught to us of how the lead someone into a relationship with Jesus. Maybe we should rebel against the "traditions" that are only in place for the church goers and start a new ones that will attract unchurched families. It's not about us Church! It's about them! Now we need to act like it.