No Respect of Persons

To cater to and court the rich and influential of this world, is a denial of the faith. The church is not to enlist the help of the world but is to rely totally on our Lord. The rich, mighty and noble did not need Christ then and does not need Him now; but the poor and needy do. Christ chose the poor as His companions. Still does.
The church does not need the world, but the world needs the church.