A new Pew Research Center report reveals that only 13 percent of Americans have “a great deal” of confidence that religious leaders will act in the best interest of the public. Meanwhile, 33 percent of Americans hold great confidence in the military and 21 percent in scientists.

Notably, a person’s religious identity affected how he or she evaluated religious leaders. According to Pew, “White evangelical Protestants are particularly likely to say they are confident in religious leaders (78 percent have a great deal or fair amount of confidence). In comparison, three-quarters of the religiously unaffiliated (75 percent) have not too much or no confidence in religious leaders to act in the best interests of the public. Fully half of atheists (50 percent) say they have no confidence in religious leaders to act in the public interest.”

Trustworthiness is built one relationship at a time. As more Americans become religiously unaffiliated and lose trust in the Church, your life may be the only example of Christ they see. Are you reaching out to others and proving yourself — and the Church — to be trustworthy?

For more on this topic, consider reading The Rise of the Nones: Understanding and Reaching the Religiously Unaffiliated.