When churches publish their budgets internally, it's very easy for members to see how much money is going to which initiatives. Something tells me that most of the complaining about churches is being done by people who have not been in one for a very long time, have never been in one, or who paid no attention to such things when they were. IOW, first hand experience trumps third hand evidence every time.Im sure people who give a lot of money to churches really want to believe that.