Is it about time for the Church to be overhauled?

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My preacher gave an amazing message in church this morning that really made me think (and also really made me cry). He was telling the story about how the Christian church has evolved over time, starting back with its roots in Judaism. He told of how in about 500 BC, after God had been warning the Jews for a long time that they were loving religion more than they loved Him, he sent Nebuchadnezzar to destroy the temple and remove the Jews from their homeland. Then another 500 years later, they started to fall away again, and so he sent Jesus to die for them and started another fire to get the church going. Some time after that, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem and scattered everyone again. Then, in 1500, another wake-up call for the church came when Martin Luther caused a complete shift in the Christian religion by nailing his 95 theses to the door of the church. So what about now? The fastest growing religion in North America is the "have none" religion. As in, the people who don't go to church. And you know what the reason for that is? It usually has nothing to do with the people who leave the church - it has to do with the people who are still IN the church. This message really spoke to me and made me wonder. I know that I do not successfully show the love of Christ in all my actions, and that is painful to me. I wonder if maybe I have driven someone away from God myself. I hate to think that the Church has become its own worst enemy. Do you think we are due for another wake up call? Is God trying to tell us something, and are we listening?