I've touched on this a few times in previous messages, but I feel a refresher coming on. The church has become worldly, and the world has become like the church. It's no surprise the world doesn't respect the church because there's no difference in how the church acts as opposed to them. I get it, times change; but the core message should remain the same. Embracing carnality is NOT how a church should remain relevant. You have so-called Christian leaders who embrace the world because they think that's the way to reach them. Negative, the way to reach the world is to lead by example of Jesus teachings. That doesn't involve doing what sinners do, but showing them the way through the love of Christ. That's how a church remains relevant.
