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Erik Stanley: Poll: 48% of Americans have a great deal of confidence in the church

By Alliance Alert

ADF Attorney Erik Stanley writing at Speak Up Movement / Church: "A new Gallup poll shows how much confidence Americans have in their institutions. The big news from the poll is the very low confidence rating Americans have in Congress ? only a shocking 11% of those polled have great confidence in Congress as an institution. But among the major institutions in American life, Americans ranked their confidence in the 'church or organized religion' as fourth behind only the military, small business, and the police. ... Archbishop Caput and DeTocqueville are right. The church must be free for freedom to flourish, but the church also has responsibilities to shape the virtue of the citizens for freedom to continue to flourish. The Gallup poll is good news for the church in America, but it should also serve as a sobering reminder of the Church?s responsiblity in American life."

Full post as published by Constitutionally Correct on July 23, 2010 (boomark / email).