Question: What caused the church council to accept funding plans from Mr. Burns in The Simpson's episode in which Lisa converted to Buddhism?

Context articles: Who Shot Mr. Burns?
Burns, Baby Burns
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play
'Tis the Fifteenth Season
Lady Bouvier's Lover
Burns' Heir
The Old Man and the Lisa
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
She of Little Faith
Mr. Burns

"Who Shot Mr. Burns?"
 is a two-part episode of the American animated television series "The Simpsons".
 Part One is the twenty-fifth and final episode of the sixth season and originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 21, 1995, while Part Two is the season premiere of the seventh season and aired on September 17, 1995.
 Springfield Elementary School strikes oil, but Mr. Burns steals it and at the same time brings misery to many of Springfield's citizens.
 Part One has a cliffhanger ending where Mr. Burns is shot by an unidentified assailant.
 In Part Two, Springfield's police try to find the culprit, with their main suspects being Waylon Smithers and Homer Simpson.
"Burns, Baby Burns" is the fourth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> eighth season.
 It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 17, 1996.
 Mr. Burns' long lost son Larry returns and although they at first get along well, Mr. Burns begins to see that his son has turned out to be an oaf.
 It was directed by Jim Reardon and was the first episode written by Ian Maxtone-Graham.
 It guest starred Rodney Dangerfield as Larry Burns.
Mr. Burns, a Post-Electric Play (officially stylized Mr. Burns, a post-electric play) is an American dark comedy play written by Anne Washburn.
 It premiered in May 2012 at the Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company in Washington, D.C., and then ran from August through October 2013 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City.
 "Mr. Burns" tells the story of a group of survivors recalling and retelling "Cape Feare", an episode of the TV show "The Simpsons", shortly after a global catastrophe, then examines the way the story has changed seven years after that, and finally, 75 years later.
 It received polarized reviews and was nominated for a 2014 Drama League Award for Outstanding Production of a Broadway or Off-Broadway Play.
"'Tis the Fifteenth Season" is the seventh episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifteenth season, and the seventh Christmas-themed episode overall.
 It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on December 14, 2003.
 This episode is notable as being the first to make reference to Lisa's Buddhism since she converted in an earlier Christmas episode, "She of Little Faith".
"Lady Bouvier's Lover" is the twenty-first episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifth season.
 It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 12, 1994.
 In the episode, Abe Simpson falls in love with Marge's mother, Jacqueline Bouvier, and they start dating.
 However, on a night out in town, Mr. Burns takes her away from him.
 Abe is broken hearted when he learns that Jackie is going to marry Mr. Burns.
"Burns' Heir" is the eighteenth episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> fifth season.
 It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 14, 1994.
 In the episode, Mr. Burns has a near-death experience which prompts him to find an heir to inherit his wealth after he dies.
 Although Bart is initially rejected, Burns soon decides to choose him after seeing him as "a creature of pure malevolence".
 Marge convinces Bart to go spend some time with Burns, and soon becomes more disruptive than normal to his own family and decides to go live with Mr. Burns.
"The Old Man and the Lisa" is the twenty-first episode of "The Simpsons"<nowiki>'</nowiki> eighth season.
 It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 20, 1997.
 In the episode, Mr. Burns becomes bankrupt and asks Lisa to help him become rich again.
 She helps him on the condition that he will lose his evil manners, and the two start making money recycling cans.
 After a while Mr. Burns has made enough money to start his own recycling plant.
 However, his true colors are revealed when Mr. Burns shows that, inside the plant, he makes a multi-purpose edible compound made of squished sea life.
 He then sells the plant for US$120 million and offers Lisa 10% of his profits, but she declines.
The Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) is an international organization that studies and shares research on nicotine and tobacco use from a public health and scientific perspective.
 It is the largest organization focused on nicotine and tobacco, with members in 40 countries.
 SRNT’s work has been used by the World Health Organization and governments in setting policies on topics such as tobacco advertising, taxation, smoke-free laws, and smoking cessation.
 SRNT has been particularly active in work on the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement in the US.
 SRNT is a nonprofit organization and publishes the scientific journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research.
 SRNT does not accept funding from the tobacco industry.
 The organization does accept funding from pharmaceutical companies that make medications to help people quit smoking.
"She of Little Faith" is the sixth episode of "The Simpsons"' thirteenth season.
 It first aired in the United States on the Fox network on December 16, 2001.
 In the episode, Bart Simpson and his father Homer accidentally launch a model rocket into the Springfield church, causing the church council to accept funding plans from Mr. Burns for reparation.
Charles Montgomery Burns, known as C. Montgomery Burns and Monty Burns, but usually referred to simply as Mr. Burns, occasionally as Mr Snrub, is a recurring character in the animated television series "The Simpsons", and is voiced by Harry Shearer.
 Mr. Burns is the evil owner of the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant and is also Homer Simpson's boss.
 He is assisted at almost all times by Waylon Smithers, his loyal and sycophantic aide, adviser, confidant and secret admirer.