How far were Nazis successful in controlling the church?

Churches during the Nazi rule posed greatly a threat to Hitler. Nazis wanted all Germans to
only have one view, and that would be the views of the Nazis itself. They didn’t want any
other ideologies opposing their point of view, and specifically didn’t want an entire
organization opposing them. However, when it came to Churches, they seemed quite
cautious dealing with them, as they didn’t want to provoke public resentment or outrage.
Firstly, Hitler could have destroyed the Churches, but most of the Germans were Christian,
42 million being Protestant Christians and 2 million being Catholic Christians. Hitler
successfully gained by supporting Churches as he did gain votes. Christianity also reached
out to many people, and had a widespread power. This helped him gain support. Since
Christianity supported the increase of Military forces, the support helped Hitler to grow and
spread his propaganda in this aspect. Hitler had in fact later had an agreement where the
Catholics and Hitler supported each other, without the interference of the other. They also
had another agreement with the Protestants, and soon they also started wearing the
‘swastika’ and saluted to the Nazi flag. Soon, there was a German Christian flag.
After this, the Nazis resorted to other methods in trying to control the churches such as
sending local Nazi leaders and SA members to beat up or kill priests that had outrightly
opposed the Nazis. They also sent priests to concentration camps, for example: Paul
Schneider who was the first Protestant minister to be martyred by the Nazis. Soon, many
became scared to oppose the Nazis.
On the other hand, Hitler did try to suppress the Protestants by creating the Department of
Church Affairs. Alongside this, the Nazis led campaigns that banned Christmas carols, plays
and it eventually led to limited freedom of worship. Many Protestant Ministers from
Churches spoke out against Hitler, and the opposition was only growing then.
Even though many Christians did support the Nazis due to the agreement, “Concordant,”
the ideologies and promises made started to change. Hitler’s euthanasia program was highly
criticized, and few even called it inhumane. The pastor Von Galen even gave sermons that
went directly against Nazi plan. He ended up not being punished as he was too popular.
In the end, the Nazis did effectively steer the problem of controlling churches towards their
interests as he was able to make agreements with both sectors of the Church. There was a
mixed view from the Churches, but Hitler effectively removed all opponents that said
otherwise. They used the Reich Church-Christians who supported the Nazis- to further their
growth, which worked out well for the Nazis in the end.