There are large churches that are meeting the needs of the world in Christian love, and there are small churches that are only meeting the needs of their congregants. This author paints with a broad brush.
This author is pulling the class envy card. If that church feels directed to put up that cross they should do it. That’s the important thing. Pray about it and if it’s what God wants then do it.
Some of these people would begrudge Jesus sandals when He was walking the Earth.