"The impotence of 'systems' is a main reason why Jesus did not send his students out to start governments or even churches as we know them today, which always strongly convey some elements of a human system. They were, instead, to establish beachheads of his person, word, and power in the midst of a failing and futile humanity. They were to bring the presence of the kingdom and its King into every corner of human life simply by fully living in the kingdom with him.

Churches are not the kingdom of God, but are primary and inevitable expressions, outposts, and instrumentalities of the presence of the kingdom among us. They are 'societies' of Jesus, springing up in Jerusalem, in Judea, in Samaria, and to the furthest point on earth (Acts 1:8)." - Dallas Willard

The tendency in all of us is to believe that churches are the hope of the world, the kingdom of God on earth. The revolution of Jesus is all about the revolution of our character. It is less about establishing more and more churches, but rather, churches are the outposts for those belonging to the kingdom to the kingdom of God. The work of Jesus is about the ongoing process of changing our inward self through the ongoing personal relationship to God in Christ and to one another.