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Number of young people who believe in God surges in UK: 'Spiritual awakening'
Christian Post ^ | August 19, 2025 | Jon Brown

Posted on 08/21/2025 5:52:24 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege

The rate of Britons aged 16 to 24 who respond affirmatively when asked if they "believe there is a God/there are gods" has risen from 16% to 37% since August 2021, according to a YouGov poll released earlier this month.

The poll also found that adherence to atheism within the same age demographic dropped from 49% in August 2021 to 32% four years later.

The Rt. Rev. Jill Duff, who serves as the bishop of Lancaster, attributed the statistics in part to the growing number of young people who are spiritually searching, according to The Telegraph.

Duff said she believes there is "a spiritual awakening" taking place among the younger generation, especially in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.

Public trust in Duff's own Church of England has declined amid recent scandals, with the established church's favorability rating dropping from 32% to 25% over the course of a year, according to a YouGov survey in February.

The poll's findings echo a Bible Society study from earlier this year dubbed "Quiet Revival," which found that the number of 18- to 24-year-olds who attend church at least once per month rose from 4% in 2018 to 16%.

As noted by The Migration Observatory at the University of Oxford, the U.K. has also seen a surge of immigration in recent years, which is a trend that could be influencing the data, according to author and independent researcher Rakib Ehsan.

The most recent census also found that the Muslim population of the U.K. rose from 2.7 million in 2011 to 3.9 million in 2021, with nearly half under 24.

(Excerpt) Read more at christianpost.com ...


TOPICS: Ministry/Outreach; Religion & Culture
KEYWORDS: christians; poll; revival; uk
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1 posted on 08/21/2025 5:52:24 AM PDT by CondoleezzaProtege
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Which god? Allah or Jesus Christ?


2 posted on 08/21/2025 5:55:32 AM PDT by Jan_Sobieski (Sanctification)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Muzzies worship Satan. They think he’s some moon god.


3 posted on 08/21/2025 5:55:57 AM PDT by HYPOCRACY (Wake up, smell the cat food in your bank account. )
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Of course there is a spiritual awakening...there has to be for the grand delusion to come upon the earth.


4 posted on 08/21/2025 5:59:58 AM PDT by EBH (The Day We Dreaded...it's here. May God Save the Republic. )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

When the world fails you then you return to Christ.


5 posted on 08/21/2025 6:06:53 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: Jan_Sobieski

Bet its Allah.


6 posted on 08/21/2025 6:11:48 AM PDT by Bayard
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To: Bayard

Unfortunately.


7 posted on 08/21/2025 6:15:16 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: HYPOCRACY

That’s how brainwashed they are.


8 posted on 08/21/2025 6:15:29 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: circlecity

Correct.


9 posted on 08/21/2025 6:15:46 AM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

If they are Christian, they aren’t going to get much spiritual guidance from a Woke Anglican priest.


10 posted on 08/21/2025 6:18:19 AM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Even heathens know there is a God - it takes no overwhelming amount of rational thought or consideration to realize God exists.

Do these people know who Jesus is? That’s the question.


11 posted on 08/21/2025 6:21:41 AM PDT by larrytown (A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
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To: circlecity

The hermit of Loreto, God doing his will through imperfect people.


12 posted on 08/21/2025 6:24:51 AM PDT by phormer phrog phlyer
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To: Jan_Sobieski

I was wondering the same thing.


13 posted on 08/21/2025 6:27:36 AM PDT by Vermont Lt
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Young men are coming to Christ.


14 posted on 08/21/2025 6:28:25 AM PDT by bray (It's not racist to be racist against races the DNC hates.)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

How many were named “mohammed”?


15 posted on 08/21/2025 6:43:31 AM PDT by Uncle Miltie (US spending on Ukraine over 3.5 years exceeds the all military aid to Israel over 77 years. - Grok)
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To: Jan_Sobieski

“believe there is a God/there are gods”

Plural gods suggests Hindus are pumping up the numbers a bit.


16 posted on 08/21/2025 7:14:00 AM PDT by packagingguy
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Demographics ... in both US and elsewhere.

Women who have abortions and don’t have kids are one demographic group. They tend to be religiously and politically one direction.

Women who don’t have abortions and do have kids are a different demographic group. They multiply their demographic group.


17 posted on 08/21/2025 7:32:32 AM PDT by spintreebob
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

Unfortunately their God is a tranny with nipple rings.


18 posted on 08/21/2025 7:48:52 AM PDT by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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To: CondoleezzaProtege

The left’s COVID response has backfired spectacularly.


19 posted on 08/21/2025 7:50:44 AM PDT by Ge0ffrey
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To: CondoleezzaProtege
Which God?


20 posted on 08/21/2025 9:11:05 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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