The church of the long-haul, that is to say the Catholic Church pastored by the pope, will weather this storm as it has all others: with the truth intact.
The novel groups that have no core but the Bible - a book that the early Church did not even recognize as the Word of God and which is open to wide array of interpretations -cannot weather the storms over the long haul and maintain the truth.
If it were not for the crystal clarity of Catholic doctrine, the "indpendent" churches would be wandering around wondering what the bible says about issues and moral dillemmas that are not covered by the bible.
I am all for the conservative protestant churches as I see that they embrace much of God's truth - but they are still wandering. They have no unity - and cannot have it according to their own doctrine - despite the very prayer of Jesus that we all would be one. Thanks be to God that Catholic doctrine does unite us all under one pastor who leads us all to be better followers of Christ.