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“While 75 percent of churchgoers ‘hold clergy in high regard,’ they aren’t as positive when it comes to personal attributes and character qualities.”

By Filings on Fri, 08/23/19
Church & Ministry
Clergy Trust
Pastoral Ethics
Pastoral Ministry

“Barely half consider clergy to be trustworthy, and only slightly more regard them as ‘honest and intelligent.’ Remember these are people who attend church at least once a month! Among those who seldom or never attend church, the respective numbers on those questions are 23 and 30 percent. The obvious question is why?” - BreakPoint

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