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by Kaya Burgess, The Times
Britons are more likely than ever to be non-believers, but a ‘quiet revival’ is taking place in congregations aged under 25 — just not in the Church of England
Anglicans have been overtaken and are now outnumbered by Catholics by more than two to one among Generation Z and younger millennial churchgoers in Britain, a report by the Bible Society has found.
In church pews across the UK, Catholics are rapidly catching Anglicans up across all age groups. Catholicism could soon overtake Anglicanism to become the country’s largest denomination of worshippers for the first time since the Reformation five centuries ago. Anglicans look set to slip into third place behind Pentecostals among churchgoers aged under 35.
Polling suggests that while the average Briton is more likely than ever to be a non-believer, those who do still identify as Christian appear to be “practising their religion more intentionally”, with an increase in the number who say they attend church at least once a month.
According to YouGov surveys of more than 13,000 people in 2024 and 19,000 people in 2018, commissioned by the Bible Society, the growth has mainly been seen in Catholic and Pentecostal — but not in Anglican — churches. They found a particular increase among young people, especially young men.
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