Only in a one-religion town.
Don't make me tell you again about the imaginary guns in the basement of the Catholic church for when the Pope takes over America.
Religion is an anchor only for those who believe. Not all of us do. Churches are sorting mechanisms that organize people, in some cases to attack each other.
Give me an organization that everyone can enter regardless of their ability to pay, with money, with physical or mental attributes, or with the truth about themselves. To deny people belonging causes a multitude of problems.