--- title: Good news people date: 2024-02-23T12:54:00+00:00 author: Lisa Curry canonical_url: "https://www.eauk.org/about-us/nations/northern-ireland/good-news-people" section: Pages --- #### **Check out the report below:** > One in two people in Northern Ireland consider themselves to be practising Christians and one in five say they are evangelical. Good news people is full of research which challenged, surprised and encouraged us. Our hope is that this report helps the church and those in government and media to better understand evangelicals here. ![David Smyth](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) ![David Smyth](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) **David Smyth**Head of Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland Download [ PDF Good news people A4 Sept 24 HIGH RES 15.2 MB Download ](https://www.eauk.org/assets/files/downloads/Good-news-people-A4-Sept-24-HIGH-RES.pdf "Download Good news people A4 Sept 24 HIGH RES") #### Sources [General population polling results from Savanta](https://cdn.eauk.org/P030345-Northern-Ireland-FT-April-2023-Final-weighted-tables-16.05.2023_2024-02-22-125457_bnoc.xlsx) [Results from Evangelical Alliance survey of practising Christians](https://ea.typeform.com/report/XIlj4hII/dprtXohAx5sLEDE8) [ ![Northern Ireland: Who are the good news people?](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) ![Belfast](https://eauk.org/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,quality=90,width=400,fit=cover/https://cdn.eauk.org/iStock-1039652940_2024-02-23-112325_abqt.jpg) ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/northern-ireland-who-are-the-good-news-people) [#### Northern Ireland: Who are the good news people? ](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/northern-ireland-who-are-the-good-news-people) David Smyth, head of Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland, shares some key findings from our recent research on evangelicals across Northern Ireland [ ![David Smyth](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/david-smyth) [ David Smyth ](/author/david-smyth) 26 February 2024 [](https://www.eauk.org/news-and-views/northern-ireland-who-are-the-good-news-people)