 He believes the church has traditionally been sensitive to political models that were contemporary at the time and believes it would be good if the church were today more democratic.Lakeland feels the church should seek to imitate the Holy Trinity where he feels the three persons are coequal and not hierarchal.In his view, the church is in crisis and losing credibility due to, "the wholly human predilection for rules, regulations, buildings, status, power over others, secrecy, silence, ambition and expediency."