Trust in experts and authority figures has taken a beating in the past decade. This is an ongoing cultural shift. This only becomes more significant when dealing with issues of morality and ethics, and church leaders bear the brunt of this shift. One Duke professor examines that most believe the individual conscience has a greater ability to determine sound ethical answers than do churches. This distrust has caused 60% of millennials to be politically independent.1
With the changing culture, the church isn’t doing itself any favors.