You couldn’t read the lesson, you couldn’t preach in church, certainly not in the pulpit. Indeed, you couldn’t hand out the hymnbooks, take the collection. Or even ring the bells.

she said. "I said, 'well I think it's a scam, and he's like well you're not worthy of being called a Christian, and me and my family will pray for you and we'll be preaching about you from the pulpit ...