The purpose of the church

The purpose of the church
I came across this comment on somebody else's blog. The blogger wrote:"My life goal is to inspire a movement of authenticity among all generations of Christians that morphs the face of the evangelical church into a place of being real with yourself, others, and God." I was disappointed. This sounds, to my ear, so much like a post-modern new-agey touchy feely sort of thing. I'm sure that the things this gentleman is trying to promote are good and healthy experiences for Christians. But I'm not comfortable with the idea that our experience of life is the most important thing for the church to pursue.I've been thinking and rethinking the purpose of the church for at least 30 years. That is no claim to any authority on the subject, but it's not a new topic. My thinking on the purpose of the church has gone down a different line. I think Jesus mentioned it in the Lord's Prayer, when he said "thy kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth, as it is in heaven". I understand that phrase to say that it is the Lord's prayer that one day God's desires will be reflected in the way people interact with one another. Not just evangelical Christians getting along in authenticity, learning to be real, but hungry people having enough food to eat. Little kids in Africa surviving to adulthood, and not losing both parents to AIDS, or murderous rebels, or malaria. Black people and white people getting along in harmony. Rapacious interest and debt policies toward third-world countries replaced with programs that genuinely promote growth and stability. Our world is broken in so many ways. I believe that one of the first purposes of the Church is to set those things right, to work to fix the brokenness. And I wonder why this blogger would hope for that only in the "evangelical" church?