The Quiet Revival

A newly-published survey commissioned by Bible Society and conducted by YouGov (With a sample size of 13,146 adults between 4 November and 2 December 2024) reveals that church attendance has risen by 50% over the last six years, with the most dramatic increase coming among young adults.

‘The Quiet Revival’ shows that the most dramatic church growth is among young adults, particularly young men. In 2018, just 4% of 18–24-year-olds said that they attended church at least once per month. Today, says ‘The Quiet Revival,’ this has risen to 16%, with young men increasing from 4% to 21%, and young women from 3% to 12%.

Co-author Dr Rhiannon McAleer says the report shows that what people believe about Church decline is no longer true. ‘These are striking findings that completely reverse the widely held assumption that the Church in England and Wales is in terminal decline,’ she said. ‘While some traditional denominations continue to face challenges, we’ve seen significant, broad-based growth among most expressions of Church – particularly in Roman Catholicism and Pentecostalism. There are now over 2 million more people attending church than there were six years ago.’

The report found that Church is also becoming more ethnically diverse, with almost one in five attendees (19%) coming from an ethnic minority. Close to half of young Black people aged 18–34 (47%) are now attending church at least monthly.

Read more – and download the report free-of-charge – via THIS LINK.