Church going is resurging worldwide especially in young men

[GreenBlaze]

Hi everyone. Hope life is treating you well, nice weather where I live.

I came across the first two articles linked below on church attendance in the UK and I was surprised to read the news. I read in the articles that church attendance is increasing in the UK and church's are seeing resurgence and especially was so around Easter with church's being full to bursting. I was surprised to see the information because for much of my life  I have heard that church going is going down in the UK. The clear information is though is that church going among young people especially Generation X the 18-24 age group and men are increasing.

Just a few years ago I read that Church's were in decline in Europe too and resurging in other lower developed countries like Africa and Latin America. Resurging areas in particular were church's that were Catholic Charismatic and around the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

I read these articles and found them interesting. I read to further analytical research for me the third and fourth article and I saw that church attendance varies in different age groups. Areas of growth particularly seem to be around young people aged 18-24 joining the church for the very first time. Interesting.

Much of the world has seen calamity and tribulation in the world in the last few years and it does make some people question what exactly is going on in the world. I know I have at times myself questioned what exactly is going on.

Are some people now returning to the church? It seems it.

New people seem to be returning to God now in time of great distress. People seem to be wanting more to life and deepening a sense of spirituality and faith.

Revivals for church going is happening what was for secular countries like France baptisms are increasing.
 
This is not what Samuel Huntingdon predicted in the Clash of Civilisations.

More people are wanting to learn more about God the creator and have deepened spirituality. The last few years for many may be this might have something to do with it. It can be hard to find and see a future and everything can be expensive and seem overwhelming at times. They seem to need a God to take care on their needs and advocate for them through their promised comforter that Jesus promised them.

What do you think of this resurgence? I studied religion and am a social social scientist and this resurgence is very interesting.

There are a number of articles, but the evidence seems that it cannot be argued against.

https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/christianity-is-back-heres-the-data/19549.article
https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2025/11-april/news/uk/dramatic-growth-in-young-people-attending-church-bible-society-research-finds
https://premierchristian.news/en/news/article/quiet-revival-uk-bible-society
https://www.premierchristianity.com/renewal/many-churches-are-reporting-record-breaking-easter-attendance-heres-the-best-stories/19373.article
https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/revival-is-coming-but-is-the-church-ready/18948.article
https://www.premierchristianity.com/real-life/more-men-are-finding-jesus-my-church-is-full-of-them/19559.article
https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/weve-never-seen-spiritual-hunger-like-this-before-revival-is-here-here-are-4-ways-you-can-steward-it/19457.article
https://www.premierchristianity.com/opinion/3-reasons-why-were-confident-a-quiet-revival-is-taking-place/19427.article
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2025/01/04/the-young-men-leaving-traditional-churches-for-orthodox/

https://apnews.com/article/orthodox-christians-cliffside-monastery-monks-488a9ec2bea52f54071bf91ddfc7d56d

[Recusant]

Hi everyone. Hope life is treating you well, nice weather where I live.

Good to hear.

As for the rest of your post, what is your point?

[GreenBlaze]

Hi everyone. Hope life is treating you well, nice weather where I live.

Good to hear.

As for the rest of your post, what is your point?

I was wanted your thoughts and a discussion on why you think this is happening and do you believe it is actually happening or something else?

[Recusant]

It would not surprise me if the reports of rising church attendance among younger folk are accurate. It's not as if the human species has magically become less gullible. I think things do look a bit more precarious than several years ago, at least to inhabitants of wealthier nations that had previously felt more insulated from turmoil and grief on a wide scale. When the world seems less safe, people tend to seek whatever comfort and reassurance they can find, however threadbare.

[GreenBlaze]

It would not surprise me if the reports of rising church attendance among younger folk are accurate. It's not as if the human species has magically become less gullible. I think things do look a bit more precarious than several years ago, at least to inhabitants of wealthier nations that had previously felt more insulated from turmoil and grief on a wide scale. When the world seems less safe, people tend to seek whatever comfort and reassurance they can find, however threadbare.

Thank you for your thoughts, they are interesting.
I would agree there does seem to be something going here especially with young people, the world has been very unstable for some time and there has been some high profile of late too who have converted in the media like the co founder of wikipedia.
I look with interest to at the Pew research which needs to be updated as it only goes back to 2010-2020 and misses critically out the period post COVID and war/economy effect.