[cookcounty]

"The old leverage used to be the pension fund, too. Ministers lost all rights for thinking about leaving. In one famous case a widow left the ALC and lost her benefits.

There's one hierarchy that doesn't take the Book of James' definition of "true religion" seriously.

"----To hell with the widows, we want our perks!"

[sine_nomine]

The cruelty and avarice of church bureaucrats is beyond belief, no pun intended.

The young single and young married are indifferent to church membership. I can't say I blame them. The mega-churches are as greedy if not more greedy than the rest.