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title: A deep dive into the evangelical church
date: 2026-09-16T10:13:00+01:00
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## A deep dive into the evangelical church

### Watch Cross Section now

 

 

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  This week, the Evangelical Alliance has launched a landmark report ​‘Understanding UK Evangelicals’ and in this episode of Cross Section, Peter Lynas, Alicia Edmund and Danny Webster unpack the research. How many evangelical Christians are in the UK? What is the demographic makeup? Can we trust the findings?

The team also reflect on the fall of the assisted suicide bill, St Pauls cathedral being turned into a night club, Trump’s comments about a united Ireland and Reform’s finances. This is an episode not to be missed.

 

 

  #### Further reading:

 

  [Understanding UK Evangelicals — Who are they? — Evangelical Alliance](https://www.eauk.org/resources/our-resources/research/understanding-uk-evangelicals)

[Good news! The UK evangelical Church is growing | Opinion | Premier Christianity](https://www.premierchristianity.com/uk-church/good-news-the-uk-evangelical-church-is-growing/22200.article)

[Evangelicals are now 2 in 3 practising Christians across the UK, Evangelical Focus](https://evangelicalfocus.com/europe/35917/evangelicals-are-now-two-in-three-practising-christians-across-the-uk)

 

 

  #### Chapters:

 

  0:00 — Welcome  
0:48 — Trump and AI  
1:30 — St. Paul’s Cathedral turned nightclub  
4:08 — Reform UK donations  
5:48 — Assisted suicide bill defeated  
10:23 — The power of prayer  
13:43 — Understanding UK Evangelicals  
15:56 — Key findings  
19:11 — Broad vs classic evangelicals  
21:00 — Demographics: young and diverse  
23:33 — Research methodology  
27:38 — Why this report matters  
31:01 — Phase 2 preview  
32:39 — Outro and Tori Kelly encouragement