Worshiping men, women of God

There is this exaggerated manner in which some church goers regard religious  leaders such that you sometimes wonder if such flock realise that a man or woman of God is  just that—a fellow human being, with a calling to serve God, although this cannot be confidently said about all the people standing on pulpits these days.
In an effort to seek God’s touch and blessings, desperate congregation members go out of their way to please church leaders more than they would delight God himself. There is fear, adoration, and yes, some kind of worship that, unfortunately, some of the leaders seem to marvel at instead of directing such worship to the rightful owner.
One hot Sunday, I sat among worshipers in one of the Pentecostal churches in town.  The founder of the church was visiting the congregation and so the church was packed with excited members.
I had my full attention on the proceedings of the service, until one overzealous worshipper interrupted my attention with his actions that still haunt me with questions regarding the extent to which people can respect or honour church leaders and how the leaders themselves should handle the exaggerated efforts at respect.
The preacher that morning was the founder of the church, who was, like many of us, sweating, but perhaps he was feeling much worse after delivering a sermon of about 30 or 40 minutes.
When he was done preaching, he walked back to his seat wiping beads of sweat from his face, and as soon as he made it to the chair, a tall slim man in a suit rushed and knelt by his side with a hand fan with which he fanned the preacher for the rest of the service.
I don’t remember how the rest of the service ended as my eyes were glued to this strange scene, as my mind tried to understand exactly why the kneeling man had to use the fan on the preacher instead of just handing it to him. I also wondered why the man of God just sat there without making the slightest effort of relieving this man of the burden of waving the fan while kneeling down for over 15 minutes.
Sometimes when a man of god arrives at a church—and some of have a habit of turning up in the middle of the service—you find people in the class of deacons quickly abandoning everything they are doing and swarm to the leaders’ vehicle to welcome him or her and them carry their one bible.
If it’s a woman, they want to help her carry her handbag!
I know religious leaders are agents of God on earth, but does their job description, or is it benefits, include enjoying such reverence?
Does being a church leader put someone in a position demanding such futile respect?
I don’t think so.