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Characteristic of Teaching Churches (Catholic, Lutheran, etc): Unquestioned and unquestioning submission to authority, Group-think, Strict hierarchy of bosses, Absence of permitted dissent, Compliance codes, Loss of conscience rights, “Banned books, movies, lectures, articles, etc.”, “Outright disdain for subtlety, ambiguity, or nuance”, “ ‘We are Right; the rest are Wrong" claims of access to Truth”

Teaching churches typically have hierarchies, dogmas, rules, and bind participants in various ways. For those who disdain that, there are congregational churches and trees in the woods.

That leaves: Obsessive fear of punishment and other reprisal, Inside spies commissioned to report deviant behavior