{"id":31607,"date":"2022-09-10T15:37:04","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/publics-trust-of-pastors-rebounds-slightly\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:37:04","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:37:04","slug":"publics-trust-of-pastors-rebounds-slightly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/publics-trust-of-pastors-rebounds-slightly\/","title":{"rendered":"Public\u2019s Trust of Pastors Rebounds Slightly"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n

After reaching a historic low last year, the percentage of Americans who give pastors high marks for honesty inched upward.<\/p>\n

The latest Gallup survey of Americans\u2019 opinions and trust of specific occupations found clergy improving from 37% last year to 40% in 2020, marking the first increase in a decade.<\/p>\n

Overall, medical practitioners dominate the top of the list, with nurses ranked highest (85%) for the 18th straight year.<\/p>\n

Two-thirds of Americans (66%) rate the ethics and honesty of engineers \u201cvery high\u201d or \u201chigh.\u201d Doctors (65%), pharmacists (64%), and dentists (61%) are also seen as honest and ethical.<\/p>\n

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In addition to clergy (40%), the public is more divided on police officers (54%), college teachers (49%), psychiatrists (43%) and chiropractors (41%).<\/p>\n

Fewer trust journalists (28%), bankers (28%), labor union leaders (24%), lawyers (22%), business executives (20%), and state governors (20%).<\/p>\n

The least trusted occupations are stockbrokers (14%), advertising practitioners (13%), insurance salespeople (13%), senators (13%), members of Congress (12%) and car salespeople (9%).<\/p>\n

While public trust of clergy rebounded this year, the 40% who rate them as honest and ethical falls well short of the high-water mark of 67% in 1985.<\/p>\n

In the 2020 survey, non-white Americans (31%) were less likely than white Americans (45%) to give pastors high honesty grades.<\/p>\n

Currently, 15% of Americans rate the honesty and ethics of clergy as \u201clow\u201d or \u201cvery low.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pastors have their biggest reputation problem with those with a high school diploma or less, where 1 in 5 (20%) give clergy low marks for trustworthiness.<\/p>\n

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See also  Pastors and Churches Face Historic Lack of Trust<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The age demographic most likely to say pastors have low honesty and ethics are the 35- to 54-year-olds (18%). Fewer 18- to 34-year-olds (12%) and 55 and older (13%) rate clergy as low or very low.<\/p>\n

AARON EARLS (@WardrobeDoor)<\/strong> is online editor of Facts & Trends.<\/p>\n

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