Humans have been trying out various systems of control for ages. This phenomenon popped up a while back and through the ages has had many forms. The Inciting Pastor being one of the less original, but highly adaptable ones. A high energy person who can engage and inspire a certain, demographic. People who are easily engaged or incited is the polite way of saying it. In this case it is usually about monetary gains, but it can also be about politics or some other form of social power.

I can assure everyone that any "Pastor" engaged in this sort of thing is not really a "man of god". They are a jackal picking at the carcass of simplicity and despair.