--- title: Talking Jesus date: 2018-05-25T08:07:00+01:00 author: Alexandra Davis canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus" section: Pages --- #### What do people in this nation know and believe about Jesus? What do they really think of us, his followers? Are we talking about Jesus enough? And when we are, are we drawing people closer towards him, or further away? In 2015 we were delighted to partner with the Church of England and HOPE with Barna Group and ComRes to publish the biggest research of its kind on perceptions of Jesus, Christians and evangelism in England. Those findings led to more research in 2017, focusing on young people, and to the launch of Talking Jesus — The Course in 2018. Then in 2022 we partnered with Alpha, HOPE Together, Luis Palau Association and Kingsgate Community Church, to do the follow up research showing the state of faith in the UK, how people come to faith in Jesus and how we, as the church, can talk about Jesus more effectively with our friends and in our community. Printed A5 copies of the 2022 report are now available now on the Hope Together shop – at this link: [Hope Shop Talking Jesus report](https://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Shop/Products/501627/Hope_Together/Books/Talking_Jesus_Report.aspx "https://www.hopetogether.org.uk/Shop/Products/501627/Hope_Together/Books/Talking_Jesus_Report.aspx") Visit [talk​ing​je​sus​.org](http://talkingjesus.org/) to explore more about the research and about how it can help you in sharing Jesus in your community. --- [ ![Talking Jesus: Evangelism Health Check Tool](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Screenshot 2023 01 12 at 12 32 58](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Screenshot-2023-01-12-at-12.32.58.png) ](https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus/talking-jesus) [#### Talking Jesus: Evangelism Health Check Tool ](https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus/talking-jesus) A free, quick, and easy evangelism health check tool for your church [ Find out more ](https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus/talking-jesus) [](https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus/talking-jesus) [ ![Book a Talking Jesus workshop](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Thumbnail image9](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/thumbnail_image9.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus/get-in-touch) [#### Book a Talking Jesus workshop ](https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus/get-in-touch) Drop us an email to arrange a workshop, speaking engagement or session to inspire more people to talk about Jesus [ Get in touch ](https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus/get-in-touch) [](https://www.eauk.org/about-us/how-we-work/coalitions/talking-jesus/get-in-touch) [ ![Talking Jesus: None of the above](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Screenshot 2022 06 22 at 16 40 26](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Screenshot-2022-06-22-at-16.40.26.png) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/none-of-the-above) [#### Talking Jesus: None of the above ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/none-of-the-above) An increasing number of UK adults don't identify as religious or atheist – how do we talk about Jesus with this growing, searching, watching group of people? [ ![Donna Jennings](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/donna-jennings) [ Donna Jennings ](/author/donna-jennings) 22 June 2022 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/none-of-the-above) [ ![Talking Jesus: The growing number of Christians of colour](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Nathan mullet Y Ii RD S Ty9 E unsplash 1](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/nathan-mullet-YIiRD_STy9E-unsplash-1.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-the-growing-number-of-christians-of-colour) [#### Talking Jesus: The growing number of Christians of colour ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-the-growing-number-of-christians-of-colour) The recent Talking Jesus research reveals that 25 per cent of practising Christians are people of colour – how should this shape our evangelism? [ ![Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/israel-oluwole-olofinjana) [ Rev Dr Israel Oluwole Olofinjana ](/author/israel-oluwole-olofinjana) 16 June 2022 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-the-growing-number-of-christians-of-colour) [ ![Talking Jesus: The power of the church family in nurturing children](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Pexels antoni shkraba 7342634](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/pexels-antoni-shkraba-7342634.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-the-power-of-the-church-family-in-nurturing-children) [#### Talking Jesus: The power of the church family in nurturing children ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-the-power-of-the-church-family-in-nurturing-children) How as the church can we be discipling children, especially when the biggest influence towards people coming to faith is growing up in a Christian family? [ ![Anna Seevaratnam](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/anna-seevaratnam) [ Anna Seevaratnam ](/author/anna-seevaratnam) 09 June 2022 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-the-power-of-the-church-family-in-nurturing-children) [ ![Talking Jesus: Are “not-yet Christians” closer to trusting Jesus than we think?](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Simon wood Vhl Uwbkdl A unsplash](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/simon-wood-VhlUwbkdl-A-unsplash.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-are-not-yet-christians-closer-to-trusting-jesus-than-we-think) [#### Talking Jesus: Are “not-yet Christians” closer to trusting Jesus than we think? ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-are-not-yet-christians-closer-to-trusting-jesus-than-we-think) 45 per cent of UK adults believe in the resurrection – but it’s what we do with this new knowledge that matters [ ![Gavin Calver](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/gavin-calver) [ Gavin Calver ](/author/gavin-calver) 18 May 2022 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-are-not-yet-christians-closer-to-trusting-jesus-than-we-think) [ ![Talking Jesus report](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Talking jesus web card wo date](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/Talking-jesus-web-card-wo-date.png) ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/talking-jesus-report) [#### Talking Jesus report ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/talking-jesus-report) Groundbreaking research on the state of faith in the UK [ Find out more ](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/talking-jesus-report) [](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/reports/talking-jesus-report) [ ![This Lent, will you be Talking Jesus?](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Camp Fire Talking Jesus](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/camp-fire-talking-Jesus.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/this-lent-will-you-be-talking-jesus) [#### This Lent, will you be Talking Jesus? ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/this-lent-will-you-be-talking-jesus) How can you talk about Jesus during Lent? [ ![Alexandra Davis](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ](/author/alexandra-davis) [ Alexandra Davis ](/author/alexandra-davis) 13 February 2018 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/this-lent-will-you-be-talking-jesus) [ ![Talking Jesus: game-changing research into perception of Jesus, Christians and evangelism](data:image/svg+xml;charset=utf-8,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%271%27%20height%3D%271%27%20style%3D%27background%3Atransparent%27%2F%3E) ![Stjohnsashfield Stainedglass Goodshepherd 280](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/StJohnsAshfield_StainedGlass_GoodShepherd_280.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-game-changing-research-into-perception-of-jesus-christians-and-evangelism) [#### Talking Jesus: game-changing research into perception of Jesus, Christians and evangelism ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-game-changing-research-into-perception-of-jesus-christians-and-evangelism) New research explores what people think about Jesus [ Chine McDonald ](/author/chine-mcdonald) 01 November 2015 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/talking-jesus-game-changing-research-into-perception-of-jesus-christians-and-evangelism)