THE Bible Society’s Quiet Revival report has made Evangelicals within the UK more confident in talking about their faith, a latest poll suggests.
The data were published last month as a part of the initial findings from the Evangelical Trust Tracker, a biannual survey commissioned by the communications agency Jersey Road to enable Christian organisations to “track trust and awareness of their brand and campaigns”.
It is being carried out by Whitestone Insight and surveys 2004 British Evangelicals. To participate, respondents must meet not less than considered one of three criteria: self-identify as Evangelical, attend church and skim the Bible not less than monthly, and hold “core evangelical beliefs”, including belief within the divine inspiration of the Bible, the character of Christ, the atoning death of Jesus, salvation, and the importance of energetic faith.
In total, 48 per cent of the sample felt “more confident in sharing my faith since more people began talking about The Quiet Revival” — the study published by the Bible Society last 12 months which suggested a dramatic rise in churchgoing (News, 11 April 2025). This was higher among the many youngest age groups: 68 per cent of 18- to 24-year-olds, 84 per cent of 25- to 34-year-olds, and 77 per cent of 35- to 44-year-olds agreed, compared with 40 per cent of 55- to 64-year-olds.
The figure was also higher among the many black respondents (77 per cent, compared with 41 per cent of the white respondents) and amongst the lads (53 per cent, compared with 45 per cent of girls). By denomination, the Pentecostalists were the most probably to agree (71 per cent), compared with 52 per cent of the Roman Catholics and 45 per cent of the Anglicans.
The Bible Society’s director of research and impact, Rhiannon McAleer, who’s a co-author of the Quiet Revival report, said that it was “very encouraging” to see the effect of the study. “As well as noting an overall rise in church attendance, we found a general rise in openness to faith and curiosity in regards to the Bible, particularly amongst younger adults. It’s really necessary that the Church seizes this chance and invests in Bible-based discipleship, in order that this becomes a long-term trajectory of growth.”
Polls lately have suggested that a high level of confidence exists amongst Christians on the subject of sharing their faith. Savanta ComRes polling in 2022, commissioned for the Talking Jesus report, found that 77 per cent of practising Christians within the sample said that they “feel comfortable talking to non-Christians about Jesus Christ” (News, 20 May 2022).
The Quiet Revival study reported that 31 per cent of the non-churchgoers said that they’d attend church in the event that they were invited by friends or family, rising to 34 per cent among the many 18- to 34-year-olds.
In 2019, a report from the Archbishops’ Task Group on Evangelism said: “If one additional person in 50 from our regular attenders invited someone to a church event and subsequently they began attending it could totally reverse our present decline. Nationally the church would grow by 16,000 people per 12 months, offsetting the present net lack of 14,000.”
Last month, the “trypraying” campaign, first launched in 2010 as a seven-day prayer guide for many who weren’t religious (News, 1 February 2019), reported that greater than 1000 churches and individuals had taken part in 2025. It is now present in 12 countries, and a latest Armed Forces version has been launched: 10,000 copies were distributed in two months. Banners and posters, including a bus campaign in Scotland, have been funded.
