The Loss of Credibility in the Evangelical Church

A lot of it has to do with a difference between the way that things are treated on the inside and on the outside. And so there's a sense of, I can't really even believe you that in what you say that you're doing. The string of scandals have had such an effect not just because people are saying, oh, people I thought were upstanding Christians actually weren't. That's always been the case is that they're looking at a reaction from the church.