I definitely agree with you in terms of the local church. The one area with which I am still wrestling is concerning smaller groups and ministries in the church. So for example, most churches have groups for youth, mums, singles, elderly etc. Would you see these as being problematic?

Also there are small groups. Whilst again I don’t think most churches deliberately segregate people in their small groups, often it works out that some have more elderly, some have more students, etc. Is this a problem, or can we say that this is actually just a different type of diversity – the one local church is made up of small groups that are diverse?

I’ve got a blog post brewing on this, but I would be interested to hear your thoughts on this

The Homogenous Unit Principle is, in my view, anti-gospel. The sooner churches can ditch it as a basis for being the people of God, the better.