People have genuine needs, and they need to use their time. If you need people to do something, you need to pay them. I would also like to touch upon the growth of our churches and, as a result, new theological influences. Before perestroika, our churches were replenished from Christian families by the fact that the children would grow, and they would be familiar with the Baptist tradition from childhood. Today it is totally different.
Outsiders come to our church from secular society.
These people do not always have spiritual understanding. They need to have the legacy of Baptist tradition transported to the new generations. People don't know the issues of the church. Sometimes this is very good because not every one of our traditions is all that good. But in general, I see this as a negative tendency.