Because the character of religion in the South is more activist than contemplative, Rory and Betty Sloan entered the first of 40 rooms in the new Motel 6 to place Holy Bibles in 40 night tables. It was the mission of the Bethel Evangelical Church of God  to aggressively spread the Word, with the blessing of the motel manager, furthering God's work on Earth and adding stars to the crowns the Sloans would wear in Heaven.

They…