Church attendance is resurging in some groups in the UK

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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.

Just a few years ago I read that Church’s were in decline in Europe 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 (1 Corithinians:12). I find it fantastic that has reached so far down as around 1990 these church’s appeared to be absent on this.

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 and are we in some stage of end times in the scripture. I know I have at times myself questioned what exactly is going on and is Jesus Christ about to return soon, but it doesn't tally up to scripture just so yet and we do not appear to be quite at that point yet. Are some people now returning to the church? 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.

I do go to church. I am a non denominational Christian and was raised as a Catholic and do not disagree wit.h the Catholic faith -but I like the freedom of being non denominational. I like going to church, it is like a sanctuary for me in this world and I like getting the Sacraments bread and wine of Christ and the rectors are so helpful to me. I once received healing after taking the blessed Sacraments as well.

How about you and what do you think of the articles of church attendance in the UK?

Here are the articles
https://www.premierchristianity.com/opi ... 48.article

https://www.premierchristianity.com/ren ... 73.article

https://premierchristian.news/en/news/a ... le-society

https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/ ... arch-finds