Far be it from me to defend the UCC, which I have somewhat sorrowfully departed from-but the Central Committee, or politburo, or whatever of the UCC is not a teaching body which claims the right to form the consciences of the faithful.
It's just a bunch of pushy leftists who are busy destroying something they don't understand.
There is no analogy with the attempted conquest of Rome by the forces of Satan-if they can take over the Chair of Peter, they will control something that will give them real earthly power, much more than the right to run the mimeograph machine at a UCC new age breakfast.
If Satan takes over the UCC he'll have losts of nice real estate in New England.