I never heard about the church being loved based before. That love is to be the motivating factor in everything we say or do. Evidently, this is what motivates churches to feed the hungry or to house the homeless or to ordain women or to accept sodomites. According to this doctrine, God loves people unconditionally and without prejudice.
People who believe this are missing the point of agape love. Yes, love motivated the Father to send His son to the cross. But not romantic love or emotional love. And the love that God has for humanity is ancient. He loves people because they belong to Him as His workmanship.
Love does not excuse sin. Love does not excuse immoral behavior. Love does not excuse rebellion. Love does not excuse error and false doctrine. Love may motivate God's desire to help people, but He expects to see some gratitude from those He helps and He expects to see obedience to truth from those He helps.
God loved Adam and Eve, but He threw them out of the Garden. God loves His people Israel, but He hated the way that they rejected Christ, His son. God may love sinners, but He hates their sin.
When love becomes the reason for excusing the inexcusable, you do not understand love. You think that you are more loving than God because you accept GLBT people. You think that you are more loving than God because you run a food bank. You are wrong.
"For we must all appear before the judgement seat of Christ; that every one may receive the things done in his body, according to that he has done, whether good or bad. Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men..." 2Cor. 5:10-11
This is why the first word of the Gospel is not love. It is repent! Obey the Gospel whether you feel anything or not.
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