And for gay males and lesbians, like heterosexual persons, who we are is much more important and central to our humanity. For example, being gay is the social equivalent of having an alternate race, religion, or national origin. Passing judgment on people based on who they are is prejudice, and passing judgment on people because they are gay is the moral equivalent of racism. Today the church is a much better organization than it was 100-plus years ago, but throughout history Christianity has been spread mainly through misinformation, ignorance and coercion. Misinformation occurred mainly in the beginning when nobody could read and it took the average person several days, usually weeks, to get to the nearest village.
Word of mouth is very unreliable.
Ignorance was in the people who listened to the preachers and eventually bought into Christianity. The people didn't know any better, they had no way of knowing how things worked or why they did and in need of some kind of answer used God as the excuse. Coercion is something Christianity is famous for. More people have been killed in the name of Christ than any other. Ever since the people have been able to stop these three influences, Christianity and other religions have stopped growing so much.