A word about performance oriented Christianity. All the world may be a stage but we are not of this world. We should not model our gatherings after the world's way of meeting together. Instead of all focusing on one, we should invite The One to focus on all. To start with - do away with stages and microphones. Stop taking offerings, instead let people give them, as God instructs them to. Do not give attention to any one man but give attention to the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Ministry is never a performance. Pressure comes from trying to please and impress people. When He is the One ministering through us - the result is entirely between Him and His people. We simply speak when and what He says to, and shut up when He says to. We want to please the Father, not the people. We are not nearly as important as the souls we serve. Selah.