...although it stated she did not & had not belonged to any organized church???
...that's a first for me.....I always thought she had, especially the church someone tried to burn down in Wasilla.
Perhaps she was misquoted.
“organized church” is misleading. I think that should read “nationally organized denomination”. We have many rural churches that have been around for some time and have healthy attendance that are not affiliated to one of the “major” national or international denominations.
To some people (not me, btw) and "organized church" is talking about one with a larger hierarchy that dictates to local churches, such as the Catholics, Methodists, Presbyterians, etc.
I've been a church-goer most of my adulthood but never to one that had to have its doctrine approved by some national or international body.