It seems that these days the church has an image problem. The image problem has an impact on the number of people willing to listen to what we have to say. We need to find ways of redressing the problem and it will come as no surprise that there are differing opinions on how to go about it.
I found this article interesting … take a look if you want to think further.
One thing I do know is that people will judge the churches message on the behaviour of the Christians they know.