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Is there really a 'quiet revival' of religion among Gen Z?

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A fierce debate is taking place about whether there really has been a revival in Christianity.

We thought Gen Z had started going to church in droves. But the truth is more complicated 22 February 2026 Share Save Add as preferred on Google Catherine Wyatt BBC religious affairs BBC When Jay Painter's grandfather died in May 2024, the 27-year-old from Wiltshire felt he saw his soul leave his body. It sparked a "search for the truth", culminating in the atheist being baptised as Christian later that year, after he read the gospels and saw the words "screaming" at him on the page. "It was in that moment that I knew I was not righteous anymore, and I knew I needed saving," he says. Most of J

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