Restoration vs Reformation

I am presently doing an online interactive discovery course on Simple House Churches. I posted the following comments on that course's web site and would like to hear what you think.

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I found all the comments on being alone, being misunderstood by denominations and even that a denomination being supportive all so very interesting.

Here are a few thoughts based on my experiences in Church Planting.

The biggest obstacles to the Body of Christ today are internal:

a) The present day misconception and misapplication of the local church

and b) the present day pastor position.

These 2 points have been polluted over the centuries and have no Biblical support as they are operating today. Dare I say that they may have become tools in the enemy's hands.

Denominations exist because they believe that they are "more" correct in their stances than anyone else and they will support you till they feel threatened by the House Church Movement. The crossroads of who is the authority and issues over money (tithes) cannot be skirted and eventually it must fall on one side or another. Like any other corporation self preservation is paramount and the denomination will not tolerate such radical shifts that threaten their very existence.

With over 30 years of being in a denomination and at various levels of leadership I believe that the denominations and the present day church cannot be reformed and that they shouldn't be but rather than Reformation what is needed is Restoration.

A Restoration to simply being as Biblical as we understand and to be spiritual people being Spirit led.

We do not need to patch old the wineskins and have the skins burst and loose the new wine. We need to have new wineskins (forms? structures? understandings?) if we desire to have this New Wine. The foundations of the present day structures are not Biblicall and will not hold. What is needed is a freshly laid foundation that is based on the scriptures and not on our reasoning.

I am really looking forward to this interactive online course.

Blessings,
Manny