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Slight correction: there is also "backlash" from churches who are abandoning "Traditional" religion to fall into the fad of the week contemporary movement. Traditionalists are being forced from churches in large numbers now, because they refuse to follow the slick marketing of megachurch psychobabble.

I would see that as a difference in doctrine. I find myself in a similar situation, where the doctrine of the traditional church is counter to the truths that I find in the Bible. I still attend a Church and give regularly (though to be honest, not as much as I should).

But I still have differences with the dogma presented. Mostly because they are only presenting the same material and not actually studying the texts. I'm a scholar and administrator at heart, those are my gifts. When a point of religious doctrine is presented to me I want to know the apologetics for that position. I need to know where it came from, what does the original Greek say, what other possible translations / interpretations exist for that particular passage. How much is the scripture being "stretched" to fit a particular belief or concept.
In doing so, I have found that many of todays Christian PC beliefs and dogma are not very well supported by scripture.

But I also know that I need the support of a community of Christians. So I choose to attend and keep my silence on areas where we differ.