Apartheid In The Church

I was in conversation recently with a village dominee. He said to me: "I hate to say it, but there still is apartheid in the Church. We have traditionalists in the Church, particularly in the rural areas. They are very loyal to the Church, but they don't understand the first thing about the true and glorious gospel. Often they have influence, and often they have money. They sit in the midst of Church Councils, or they threaten to pull their financial support." OBSERVATION: See Church Segregation for an example of what this might mean. I was, however, heartened by my conversation with this dominee.