Churches are neat and scriptural BUT they are there for believers and to make believers of normal people only. BUT THEY DO NOT MEET THE GOALS AND REQUIRREMENTS OF BEING A CHRISTIAN. Jesus clearly said:
Matt 16:24
24 Then Jesus said to his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.
NIV
Now, what does this mean?

It means that IF we have chosen to follow Jesus, then we have to do what it says, deny ourselves, take up our cross and follow Him. So lets discuss this part by part.

DENY OURSELVES
To deny yourself means very simply that you have to accept the fact that you are no longer the most important person in this world. All of the sudden now, you have to realize and act upon the fact that others are more important than you. This is hard because it is completely contrary to our society which clearly teaches: you, you, you. So this is a huge step out of the norm and away from society for you. But there’s a huge reward for you in the end.

This is where people (unfortunately) choose not to go. Dealing with handicapped people is a good example of this. Most of them aren’t even allowed in Churches! So it seems that many Churches are so involved in the importance of remaining a “proper” business that they have forgotten or neglected this command of Jesus.

TAKE UP YOUR CROSS
In order to take up your cross you have to be willing to sacrifice yourself (like Jesus did) in a very uncomfortable or unnatural way (like Jesus did). This portion of Jesus instruction is completely missed in most Churches. Handicapped people are 100% excluded from worship. Why? Because people are too uncomfortable to do so. It wouldn’t please the workers or the congregation, so Churches just don’t do it.

AND FOLLOW ME
Where did Jesus spend most of His time while He was here on this earth? With normal people (there isn’t one scripture about fine clothing, makeup, hairdo’s or anything else). Just normal people with nothing to give (but they would listen) and handicapped people. So to follow Jesus we have to be willing to do and be actively doing the same thing.

So now people have a lot to read and think about because this command and example of Jesus is clear, but for most people who claim Christianity, it simply isn’t being followed. What does that mean? I don’t know, I’m not Jesus. But He did say it and it’s extremely easy to understand.