{"id":31665,"date":"2022-09-10T15:39:20","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:39:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/who-trust-their-clergy-more-protestants-or-catholics\/"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:39:20","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T20:39:20","slug":"who-trust-their-clergy-more-protestants-or-catholics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/who-trust-their-clergy-more-protestants-or-catholics\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Trust Their Clergy More: Protestants or Catholics?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Aaron Earls<\/em><\/p>\n

Most church attendees trust their clergy and say they have a close relationship with them, but some Christian traditions are more likely than others.<\/p>\n

A recent Pew Research survey found among those who attend religious services at least a few times a year, Protestants have a better relationship with and are more accepting of advice from their pastors than Catholics and their priests.<\/p>\n

Among those at least occasional church attendees, Catholics 61% say they have at least somewhat of a close relationship, while just 8% saying they have a very close relationship.<\/p>\n

Almost 2 in 5 (39%) say they don\u2019t have a close relationship.<\/p>\n

Among Protestants, 78% say they have at least somewhat of a close relationship with their local clergy, including 25% who say they have a very close relationship.<\/p>\n

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For 22% of Protestants the relationship is not close at all.<\/p>\n

Within Protestantism, evangelicals and historically black Protestants have closer relationships on average with their clergy than mainline Protestants.<\/p>\n

Four in 5 black Protestants (81%) and evangelicals (80%) say they have at least a somewhat close relationship with their pastor, compared to 71% of those at mainline churches.<\/p>\n

Trusted advice?<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Perhaps because of their closer relationship, Protestants are more likely to say they have confidence in their clergy to provide useful guidance in every area Pew asked about.<\/p>\n

More than 3 in 4 Protestants (77%) say they have a lot of confidence in the advice their pastors give about growing closer to God, compared to 60% of Catholics.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Evangelicals, in particular, tend to place significant confidence in guidance from their pastor.<\/p>\n

Evangelical church attenders are more likely than mainline, historically black church, or Catholic congregants to say they have a lot of confidence in their pastor\u2019s thoughts on virtually every issue Pew Research asked about.<\/p>\n

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Specifically, a majority of evangelicals say they place a lot of confidence in their pastor\u2019s guidance on growing closer to God (82%), interpreting Scripture (77%), marriage and relationships (66%), parenting (56%), and abortion (57%).<\/p>\n

Similar to Catholics, only in two areas do a majority of mainline Protestants say they have a lot of confidence in the guidance of their pastor\u2014growing closer to God (71%) and interpreting Scripture (58%).<\/p>\n

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

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