NOM

I'm looking to support or refute the theory that churches with unpaid clergy must be fundamentalist or mostly fundamentalist, where for "fundamentalist" I'm using the broad definition "requiring members to hold certain fundamental beliefs in order to be in good standing." I regard Mormonism as mostly fundamentalist, though church policy allows units to be just plain fundamentalist when local leaders want them to be.

Here's one possible mechanism. Having unpaid clergy means that local clergy (e.g. Mormon bishops, Jehovah's Witnesses elders) also have full-time careers, so they have to delegate responsibilities to keep the organization running. Fulfilling the spiritual responsibilities causes congregation members to face frequent tests of belief. Examples are public prayers, lessons, talks, and spiritual aspects of ministry. Members either adjust their beliefs to pass the tests, or if they can't, remove their contrary beliefs from common discourse by drifting away or keeping quiet.

Another possible mechanism is that fulfilling any responsibility increases investment, which increases belief, which increases the expectation that others believe the same things. I think this mechanism is well-supported by psychology research, so I'm more interested in the other one.

In contrast, a paid clergy could allow much more space to hold contrary beliefs because the clergy does most of the spiritual work. It could also encourage much less personal investment.

I have the LDS church and the Jehovah's Witnesses as examples of unpaid clergy with fundamentalism. To falsify or refine, I need an example of unpaid clergy without fundamentalism. Quakers, maybe?

Don't see why it needs an example. The method and amount of cleric remuneration is not part of the definition of fundamentalism and an example of either method would be idiosyncratic to that faith group. Besides, the LDS Church does have paid clergy at the top of its chain of command.

Unpaid without fundamentalism? Community of Christ
Paid with fundamentalism? Westborough baptist

I just sets the standard that everyone will commit untold hours with no expectation of payment. If the bishop isn’t paid, then why would anyone else?

Buuuuut, we do have paid clergy, they just dont do the brunt of the spiritual work. They dont even do the brunt of the administrative work, just the global administrative work. So I guess we are this weird hybrid.