Throughout 2025 there were several key pieces of research and news stories that told the story of a shift in both attitudes towards faith and changing patterns of church attendance and people coming to faith. Here, we bring them together in one place.
1. Belief in Britain – January 2025
Belief in Britain was published in January 2025 by research company OnePoll, who surveyed 10,000 people across the UK. Its findings were reported by The Independent, The Times and The Daily Mail.
2. Increase in Bible sales report by The Times – March 2025
The Times newspaper reported that sales of the Bible are ‘rocketing’ in Britain. Between 2019 and 2024 sales increased by 87% from £2.69 million to £5.02 million.
This was the second marker that pointed to something new happening. The fact that national news agencies were reporting on these findings positively is also demonstrative of the changing attitudes towards faith.
3. Students and the Bible – April 2025
What do today’s students think about the Bible? was commissioned by the organisation Fusion and carried out by Savanta Comres. It reported a surprisingly high level of Bible engagement amongst all UK students. Across the whole student population, 29% said they read the Bible at least weekly, including 12% of non-Christian students.
Moreover, 50% of all students said that they viewed the Bible as relevant and 44% find it to be reliable. The study also found that non-Christians are remarkably open to reading the Bible with 33% of non-Christian students interested in reading the Bible with a friend.
4. The Quiet Revival – April 2025
The Bible Society published The Quiet Revival report on 7 April 2025. It was commissioned by YouGov who surveyed over 13,000 adults (making it the largest study in this list; both in terms of scale and impact).
The report revealed a 50% increase in church attendance over the last six years, with 2 million more people going to church at least monthly now than in 2018.
It found that the most dramatic change has happened amongst young adults with an increase from 4% to 16% of 18 – 24 year olds going to church. There is also growth amongst older generations with the percentage of those over 65 increasing from 15% to 19%. Furthermore, men are more likely to go to church than women and one in five churchgoers are from an ethnic minority.
The study also reported an increase in weekly Bible reading amongst churchgoing Christians and significant benefits of faith including life satisfaction and community engagement.
5. Z-A Growing Spirituality – May 2025
The Z-A Growing Spirituality report was commissioned by Youth for Christ and finds that the spiritual openness of young adults continues in teenagers. It surveyed over 1,000 11 – 18-year-olds and compares their current attitudes to those of the same age group in 2016.
It found that belief is God has increased by 16% in the last nine years along with spiritual experiences (up by 8%), those who pray (up by 12%) and those who would consider themselves a follower of Jesus (up by 12%).
6. Finding Jesus – June 2025
The Finding Jesus research from the Evangelical Alliance was commissioned to try to understand what was going on in the stories we were hearing of adults in the UK finding Jesus: who were they? what prompted them to search? what was their journey to Christian faith like? what helped them along the way and what’s happened since?
The aim was to understand what was causing people to buck the cultural trend and to help the UK church in its mission to reach people with the good news of Jesus Christ. We have found the insights fascinating, encouraging and inspiring, and we are confident that you will too.
7. A Passion for Life – October 2025
The Passion for Life national survey was undertaken by Whitestone Insight. 2,112 adults were surveyed across Great Britain and participants were asked about their beliefs, engagement with church and what they felt was missing from their lives.
The study corroborated the findings of The Quiet Revival and painted an even more encouraging picture. It found that 15% of all adults say they are practising Christians and go to church (or watch online). This figure was 30% for men and 22% for women aged 18 – 24. Other findings included higher churchgoing and Christian identity in London compared to the rest of the UK and that over 20% of people would go to church if invited by a friend.
