10 reasons your church would reject the Apostle Paul, and why that says more about us than him. He had a violent past, was frequently jailed, often sick, constantly travelling, doctrinally he doesn’t fit any modern mould, emotionally raw, sometimes abrasive, not married, financially unconventional, and utterly uncommitted to our institutions. No wonder Roland Allen’s book Missionary Methods: St Paul’s or Ours? asked whether we’ve replaced the biblical model with a cautious, controlling management structure.