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Higher church attendance since Covid, Evangelical Alliance survey says

Higher church attendance since Covid, Evangelical Alliance survey says
Gavin Calver l Evangelical Alliance
ET staff writer
ET staff writer
14 May, 2025 2 min read

More people are attending church after the Covid crisis compared to before the pandemic, a survey by the Evangelical Alliance says.

Churches reported an average increase in attendance of 13 per cent since January 2020 (before the Covid pandemic), and churches said twice as many people have made first-time commitments to follow Jesus as when surveyed in 2021.

Gavin Calver, CEO of Evangelical Alliance, said of the research, ‘The last five years have significantly impacted the evangelical church in the UK.

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