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The most the church can do is to to try to keep the book ( and itself ) as transparent as possible . It will be found that , in the matter of conduct , even such councillors and presidents of the church as are extremely defective arid indolent compared to their more energetic colleagues , are possessed of virtues which are in general superior to those of civic councillors and rulers . And pastors generally maintain peace by keeping the laity blissfully ignorant of the shenanigans occurring at the church headquarters . " The church has made a decision to end discrimination , " said Bishop Mary Adelia McLeod of Vermont . Shinn 's observation signaled not only the church 's involvement in the civil rights movement but also the coming of the theologies of renewal , humanization , secularity and hope .