report<\/a> from last year by the Bible Society, titled \u201cThe Quiet Revival,\u201d found that the share of 18- to 24-year-olds who attend church at least once per month rose from 4% in 2018 to 16% by 2024. The study also showed that men (10%) were more likely to attend church than women (15%). <\/p>\n\n\n\nPew\u2019s analysts, however, questioned the methodological foundations of that conclusion because participants in opt-in surveys are typically not randomly selected but instead volunteer to complete them. These analysts argue that the results of online opt-in surveys are sometimes biased by \u201cbogus respondents,\u201d who may have taken the survey for a promised reward and put minimal effort into their responses. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesperson for Bible Society told The Christian Post that the organization\u2019s \u201cThe Quiet Revival\u201d report is “based on a high-quality YouGov survey, which uses a tried and trusted methodology.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYouGov is meticulous in controlling for bias in responses,\u201d the spokesperson stated. \u201cThere’s no such thing as a perfect survey, but there’s no reason to think that ‘opt-in’ surveys are inherently unreliable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Pew\u2019s Jan. 23 report also highlights the Labour Force Survey to support the claim that Christian identification is declining across age groups. LFS measures religious self-identification among more than 50,000 individuals across more than 20,000 randomly sampled U.K. households.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to the LFS data cited by Pew, the percentage of 18- to 34-year-olds who identified as Christian went from 37% in 2018 to 28% in the summer of 2025. The survey also reported that the percentage of adults in Britain who identified as Christian went from 54% in early 2018 to 44% by the summer of 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to the LFS survey, Pew\u2019s analysts pointed to an annual British Social Attitudes survey of more than 3,000 randomly sourced participants, which reportedly showed \u201cno clear evidence of a Christian revival.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The BSA survey, according to Pew, found that adult respondents who identify as Christians and attend church at least once a month went from 12% in 2018 to 9% in 2024. Among respondents aged 18 to 34, the survey found that the number of churchgoers had not surpassed pre-pandemic levels: 6% were in this category in 2024, compared to 8% in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Supporters of the Bible Society\u2019s analysis argue that concerns about opt-in surveys, if taken to their logical conclusion, would extend far beyond religion-related research and that questioning the credibility of such data would have implications for the wider polling industry and should not be applied selectively to religious research.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They also caution against treating probability-based surveys as definitive, noting that the\u00a0National Centre for Social Research, which conducts the annual BSA surveys, changed how it collects data in 2020, resulting in lower response rates.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who believe the religious landscape in the U.K. is changing cite other indicators, such as a reported rise in\u00a0Bible sales, increased numbers of\u00a0adult converts\u00a0to Catholicism, and comparable trends reported in other European countries, including\u00a0Finland,\u00a0Sweden,\u00a0France\u00a0and other\u00a0Western nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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