Actually, for me those *are* the conditions.
You need to work a positive influence in your people.
You need to be open to society
You need to be a positive influence through your people IN that society.
as for the shunning -- I'd personally leave any church that did that. However, I can't say I ever noticed this around here. Then again, Belgium isn't known for it's diversity in faiths, especially when you go more rural.
As for what they get out of it: Anything where you advance by throwing money at it, does not speak well for how serious they take the "advancement".
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