There are PILLARS in the society. There are PILLARS in the church. The phenomenal growth of the church spiritually, numerically and financially is the result of their positive activities and input. The egalitarianism of any culture or society is their handiwork. to build a healthy church and egalitarian society, we need selfless pillars.
There are also caterpillars in churches and societies. These are a people that crawl in and out of without specific positive input.Those merely bench warmers in your church and community, who are never active but ever passive are caterpillars..
They are the Far-I-See (Pharisees) 'brethren'; always seeing things from afar. And indeed, they are away from the truth and never seeing closely to play a supportive role in church.
The big question is: which of the two groups do you belong - Pillars or Caterpillars?