THE Bible Society’s Quiet Revival report has made Evangelicals in the UK more confident in talking about their faith, a new poll suggests.
The data were published last month as 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 in their brand and campaigns”.
It is being carried out by Whitestone Insight and surveys 2004 British Evangelicals. To take part, respondents must meet at least one of three criteria: self-identify as Evangelical, attend church and read the Bible at least monthly, and hold “core evangelical beliefs”, including belief in the divine inspiration of the Bible, the nature of Christ, the atoning death of Jesus, salvation, and the importance of active 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 year which suggested a dramatic rise in churchgoing (News, 11 April 2025). This was higher among the 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, in comparison with 40 per cent of 55- to 64-year-olds.
The figure was also higher among the black respondents (77 per cent, compared with 41 per cent of the white respondents) and among the men (53 per cent, compared with 45 per cent of women). By denomination, the Pentecostalists were the most likely 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 is 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 about the Bible, particularly among younger adults. It’s really important that the Church seizes this opportunity and invests in Bible-based discipleship, so that this becomes a long-term trajectory of growth.”
Polls in recent years have suggested that a high level of confidence exists among Christians when it comes to sharing their faith. Savanta ComRes polling in 2022, commissioned for the Talking Jesus report, found that 77 per cent of practising Christians in 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 would attend church if they were invited by friends or family, rising to 34 per cent among the 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 started attending it would totally reverse our present decline. Nationally the church would grow by 16,000 people per year, offsetting the current net loss of 14,000.”
Last month, the “trypraying” campaign, first launched in 2010 as a seven-day prayer guide for those who were not religious (News, 1 February 2019), reported that more than 1000 churches and individuals had taken part in 2025. It is now present in 12 countries, and a new 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.
