If You’re Looking For A Healthy Church

I don't often write about church here, but I will today. I've seen lots of churches and pastoredthree. I have opinions about what makes a healthy church.
By "healthy" I mean a church that is healthy for its members.
 
A healthy church is led by a leadership team (elders and staff) who don't think they own the members, but are accountable to them."
A healthy church cultivates:

1. Gathering
2. Around the Truth of the gospel and the Bible
3. Building Christ-centered relationships,
4. Loving the whole body of Christ across time and place,
5. Making disciples who make disciples,
6. And spiritually and materially benefiting the community where it belongs.

A healthy church equips members to take responsibility for their faith and lives, and assists in whatever way possible for them to live out God's call for them.
In short, church should be awesome. 
What doesn't matter as much:

1. Quality of production (nice, but not necessary)
2. Exact doctrinal stances on secondary issues and beyond (though your church may disagree with that)
3. Worship style (nice if you get what you like, but less important than other things)

Let me park on #2, because that is where I get the most pushback.
Do you really think you have no reason to doubt your stance on when the millennium happens and where we are in the process?
Do you really think you can't fellowship with someone who thinks Communion should be once a month, when you like it every week?
If Christ said "that is your brother because of my blood," is there any good reason not to do life together?
We have brothers and sisters all over the place that we live together with and worship Jesus forever and ever. Let's get used to each other. Maybe Jesus will even let us know when church governmental structure is the right one (elder led congregational, of course!) when we get there and it doesn't matter anymore.
What else doesn't matter? What does matter? Let's have a conversation in the comments, because I'm certain I left out some things.
Bonus Section: 5 Steps to Find a Church to Join
Step 1: Find One Close to Your HouseProximity matters. A church you can actually attend regularly beats a "perfect" one across town.
Step 2: Know What Actually MattersLeadership that serves and respects members, gospel-centered teaching, and genuine community trump production quality. Also, see my list above.
Step 3: Don't Get Hung Up on Secondary Doctrines Does this church believe in and love Jesus and take the Bible seriously? That's the foundation. The rest is negotiable.
Step 4: Watch How People Treat Each Other Real Christ-centered relationships matter more than programs. Look for authentic friendships, not just events.
Step 5: Check for Disciple-Making and Community Impact Healthy churches help people grow and serve their cities and neighborhoods, not just run Sunday services.
Remember, no church is perfect. I pray you find family, not perfection.