57% of UK adults say they never pray, and only 12% say they pray at least once a day. By contrast, 49% of Americans say they pray every day. Despite Britain’s concerns about the Brexit future, people are not responding in prayer. Global phenomena like secularisation, immigration, and technological development are overhauling the UK Church, and for every Anglican church in London that closed its doors between 2016 and 2020 more than three Pentecostal churches were launched. British churches are struggling to retain members, but churches with strong African and Asian immigrant bases are growing. As the demography of faith changes, prayer trends are changing too. The increase of prayer in London may point to growing Pentecostal and immigrant-operated churches, but a large share of British Muslims live there also. Muslims are Britain’s most prayerful faith community.
UK prayer survey
Written by David Fletcher 30 Jan 2020Additional Info
- Pray: for the Church to remember Paul’s plea to ‘pray continually in every situation’. (Colossians 4:2)
- More: www.christianitytoday.com/news/2020/january/prayer-survey-london-uk-prayfor-hashtags-premier-comres.html
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