These techniques are common to political parties and social and political movements as well.

If I'm honest, I have to say that people who join churches in a sense 'volunteer ' for this kind of thing, however.

More important, to me, is the need to hold churches accountable for their systemic child abuse, racism, sexism, misogyny and general fascistic tendencies.

Also, any so-called Christian preacher who doesn't devote at least one sermon a month to an attack on predatory capitalism is not a Christian!