The Quiet Revival

A few weeks ago I had a panel discussion, and one of the members of the panel was the Chairman of The Bible Society. (Stop it!)

The Advisory Panel

I prepared as best as I could.

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Last night I found myself in a somewhat bizarre Zoom moment; on one computer in my study I had the Local Preachers and Worship Leaders (new) Circuit meeting taking place and in parallel, on a laptop out of sight, I had The Church Mission Society's webinar on a report the Bible Society has just published called ‘The Quiet Revival’.

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The Quiet Revival: Gen Z leads rise in church attendance

Gen Z leads an exciting turnaround in church attendance, as the decades-long decline in churchgoing in England and Wales is over.

For years we’ve heard the same comments repeated:

“Church is dying.” “Faith is fading away.” “People don’t believe anymore.”

If someone had said these things to us we’d have probably nodded along, thinking, well, yes, that’s just how it is now.

We're wrong...