interesting comparison between church and corporation. Some difference, though: 1) church leaders, the CEOs, are often poorly paid+. 2) The church's revenue s

interesting comparison between church and corporation. Some difference, though: 1) church leaders, the CEOs, are often poorly paid+. 2) The church's revenue source is the members, but its staffing source is also often the members: you can't just serve and profit, you actually have to train your next generation of staff from the members/customers. 3) A customer can receive the same level of service without paying, for as many years as they want. 4) A customer doesn't actually get more or better services by paying more -- they get more by showing up more, for free. 5) Most churches advertise to the poorest rather than the richest portion of our population. If you are thinking that taking money from the poor is easier than the rich, you are kidding yourself. You may be thinking "Yeah but, some churches are the exact opposite of what you described up there". Yes, I agree with you. Try to remember that just cuz some A's are B's, not A's are B's. +I'm talking about the average church: you don't take up preaching for big bucks(work for a large corp), you start your own following or religion (startup) for that.