Here in the US many major church organizations, including the Roman Catholic Church and mainline protestant groups (Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran) used to i

Here in the US many major church organizations, including the Roman Catholic Church and mainline protestant groups (Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran) used to invest seriously in the same kinds of things. I think they lost a lot of credibility to the extent that their conduct of those "public interest" activities were indistinguishable from their private sector competitors (e.g. in recovery of medical debt). Withdrawing from these activities (for whatever reason) only compounded that problem.