Particularly from the south I met a man in Haiti which had sold all of his belongings, working for Baptist Global Relief. Worked all day every day building homes for people along side locals, preaching on Sundays. A personal inspiration to me, to this day.
I had another example I knew in Russia but my post was becoming a "wall of text".
Perhaps you are experiencing a sampling bias by looking in cushy churches?
Their life span is estimated at five to seven years. Apparently their first satellites were launched in 2018. If they put them up at the same time, maybe they are degrading at roughly the same time.