Reply #148: That may be harder to do when your church is also the center of your personal community.

[Ian David]

When you arrive in America with nothing but the shirt on your back, and you find a church similar to the one you remember from your native country, where everyone speaks your native tongue, and they not only give you a good service with good music, but help you get established... find a home... find a wife... a job... a place in the community.

In those circumstances, it must be very hard for someone to not only realize they are being lied to, but to also find the courage to stand up and say, "NO!"