Confidence in organized religion
is at an an “all-time low” among Americans and the church has fallen in a
ranking of the country’s most trusted institutions, according to new
polls.
Only 42 percent of Americans now have a “great deal” or
“quite a lot” of confidence in organized religion and the church,
according to the Gallup poll.
The church stands behind the military, small business and the police in
a list of institutions in which Americans have the most confidence; but
Americans do still trust the church more than the medical system,
Congress and the media, Gallup said in a separate poll on Monday.