• septimine
    +5

    The problem is more in institutional control. Most mainline churches have an organization that vets people. If you get wildly out of line, you're gonna be dealt with, defrocked, and not be allowed to preach in that church anymore. Evangelical churches tend to the mcdojo theory. You can call yourself a preacher and say literally anything you want and no one can stop you. Because of that, people can't really know that or be sure that they're really hearing the real gospel. The idea that you can deny hell is actually heresy, but you won't hear that. Actually buying heaven (which is what the seed money things sounds like was anathema in Luthers day, let alone 2015. But no hierarchy, no quality control.