A rose by any other name?

According to an article by Sarah Price in "The Age", the church is the last image that should be used by Christians to attract followers to God. It turns out that the image of the church is negative in the mind of most non-Christians, and it turns them away from the positive aspects of Christianity. You can read her article by clicking here.

This article brings up a major point. Has our concept of a church strayed from Christ's concept? Has the church evolved into an organization that fails to meet the Biblical mandate that our founder gave us? I have always been intrigued by the fact that the first time Jesus came, He spent most of His time ministering to those outside the church, bypassing the hypocrites and legalists that filled the temple and used it for their own purposes. What would Jesus do if He came back today? Would He find the same spirit of hypocrisy and legalism alive and well in our churches, or would He find a living and vibrant body actively reaching out and engaging the culture around us?