Simple & Difficult vs. Complex & Easy

Here is a quote from an email I recieved from my friend, Stephen Norberg, who is a working toward planting a simple church in the Washington D.C. area.

"Something I've been pondering: I'm becoming more convinced that following
Jesus is very simple but very hard. I say 'simple'because his teachings are so
basic and fundamental, and pretty much just the opposite of the way humans build
things. But I say 'hard' because He wants all of us, and He is so unimpressed
with our flesh and so impressed with His Spirit (that he put inside of us), that
He pushes us and doesn't let us settle. I get the sense that churches sometimes
promote the opposite (implicitely at least), saying Christianity is complex but
easy. Complex in that you need seminary/training, lots of
meetings/planning/strategery/organizing, and money, but easy so as not to scare
off people - comfortable building and services, no pressure on participation,
good pastor salaries, and generally just minimalizing risk. This is odd, because
I think faith tends to maximize risk. Risk leads to desperate dependence on God,
which leads to fire."

So, what are the implications of this? What would happen if we minimized distractions & complexity and maximized committment toward multiplication & a highly commited, biblical version of faith?