But, Kendall: If you grew up in an auto plant, chances are you're a car. I would say that, ideally, a church is a place to build Christians, not just a place to store them.

I know, the cliche you quoted does have it's point: don't assume that everyone who has spent time in church is a Christian, especially if the assumption is about yourself. But to fundamentalists I've known, a child who has been raised in church, and at home, as a Christian, and who loves Jesus and tries to follow him, is still not a Christian until he has a properly stylized conversion experience. Conversion from what, to what?