Ainsley Earhardt interviewed Christian and country singer Anne Wilson on Fox and Friends Sunday to “discuss the resurgence of Christianity among younger generations and her third studio album Stars.”
Earhardt led the segment by saying, “Young Americans are leading a Christian revival across the country.” She pointed to three cultural indicators to in support.
- Annual U.S. Bible sales shot up 41.6% since 2022.
- Downloads of “Religion and Spirituality Apps” were up 79.5% since 2019.
- Spotify streams for Christian music increased 50% since 2019.
The 23-year-old Grammy and Dove Award winning artist with popular singles like “My Jesus” and “Living Water,” said it was encouraging to see those in her generation turning toward Jesus.
Eric Daugherty, assistant news director for Florida’s Voice, posted a clip of the segment on X, garnering more than five million views.
Bibles, Prayer Apps and Worship Music
Earhardt’s statistics reflect trends building for several years toward faith. In December 2024, World Magazine and other outlets reported, “Americans bought more than 14 million Bibles in 2023 and more than 13 million in the first 10 months of this year.”
While “religion and spirituality apps” include non-Christian meditation and “mindfulness” apps, it also includes prayer apps like Hallow and Pray, as well as Bible reading and study apps like YouVersion, Bible Gateway and Blue Letter Bible.
Those apps have seen significant increases in downloads and usage.
Denison Forum reported on the surge in Christian music in September 2024,
Contemporary Christian/gospel music (CCM/gospel) has been the fourth-fastest growing genre in the industry across the first half of this year. Its popularity has risen by more than double the industry standard and does not look to be slowing anytime soon.
And the most encouraging part is that the growth has been fueled largely by the younger generations, with Millennials and younger accounting for roughly 45 percent of its listeners. On average, fans are spending 56.8 hours a month listening to CCM/gospel, which is an increase of 19 percent in the last year alone.
All of these statistics indicate a growing interest in spiritual growth and renewal through Bible reading, prayer and worship. But there are several other signs of God is moving in a new way – especially among young men – to build His kingdom.
Commitment to Christ
The Christian research organization Barna reported, “Sixty-six percent of all U.S. adults say they have made a personal commitment to Jesus that is still important in their life today.”
The research group explained the significance, saying, “That marks a 12-percentage-point increase since 2021, when commitment levels reached their lowest in more than three decades of Barna tracking.”
This shift is not only statistically significant – it may be the clearest indication of meaningful spiritual renewal in the United States. Commitment to Jesus was lowest in 2021 and 2022, when it bottomed out at 54 percent. Since then, the research shows a steady, year-over-year increase in the key indicator.
The report notes the surge is driven by younger adults, born after 1984, with men showing the greatest increases in claiming a commitment to Christ:
Since the pandemic, however, Millennials and Gen Z have shown significant increases in commitment to Jesus.
Men – especially younger men – are more likely to be Jesus followers than are younger women. For example, among Gen Z men, commitment to Jesus jumped 15 percentage points between 2019 and 2025. Millennial men saw a similar spike of 19 percentage points.
Mass Baptisms and Conversions
On college campuses across the country, there are reports of large-scale worship and evangelism services followed by mass baptisms.
UniteUs is a ministry dedicated to the “movement of college students united to lift the name of Jesus.” The group has hosted outreach events at colleges since 2023. This fall semester they reported,
- University of South Florida: “Almost 7,000 college students filled the USF arena and God moved powerfully! Close to 2,000 salvations, over 300 baptisms, a generation marked by Jesus!”
- “Last night at The University of Tennessee!! Over 8,000 gathered. Over 500 salvations. Hundreds baptized. Countless lives changed forever.”
- “Thousands of young people gathered at the University of Oklahoma last week to worship Jesus. Hundreds were saved, and many were baptized in the early morning hours. GOD IS MOVING IN THE NEXT GENERATION.”
Greg Laurie, senior pastor of Harvest Christian Fellowship and founder of Harvest Ministries, began hosting evangelism and baptism events in 2023 at Pirate’s Cove in Newport Beach, California. Laurie chose the site because it “was used for baptisms during the Jesus Movement in the 1960s and ’70s and was depicted in the 2023 Lionsgate film, Jesus Revolution.”
Laurie reports that his ministry has seen more than 10,000 people baptized since then.
During the COVID-19 lockdowns, evangelist and musician Shean Feucht began hosting “Let Us Worship” events in cities across the country. Two years ago, Feucht reported on the number of people attending those events: “Over 1 million gathered in person. Millions more online. Hundreds of thousands of decisions for Jesus. Tens of thousands of baptisms.”
Church Membership and Attendance
It’s not just evangelicals and charismatics who are experiencing signs of revival. Roman Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches have seen an influx of new members joining their churches. Again, young men are leading the way.
The Pillar, a Roman Catholic news outlet, reported earlier this year,
- The Diocese of Cleveland expected “812 converts at Eastertime 2025, which is about 50% higher than in 2024 (542) and about 75% higher than in 2023 (465).”
- The number of converts in the Diocese of San Angelo is 56% greater in 2025 (607) over 2024 (388).
- Converts in the Diocese of Worcester in central Massachusetts are up almost 25% this year (323) over last year (259), and this year’s figure is 152% higher than in 2022 (128).
The Orthodox Studies Institute surveyed Orthodox churches around the country and found a statistically significant increase in male converts in 2022. The survey found that new converts were primarily younger, with 62% under 40 years old.
Across all denominations, recent Barna research shows an increase among young adults attending church. “For decades, older adults – Boomers and Elders – were the most reliable churchgoers. Today, the pattern has shifted. Gen Z and Millennials, often labeled as disinterested in faith, show the highest levels of regular attendance.”
Historically, women attended church more frequently than men. But the organization’s studies show that script has flipped, with men attending church more than women.
“As of 2025, 43 percent of men and 36 percent of women report attending church regularly, based on reported weekly attendance. In five of the last six years, men have outpaced women in this key measure of religious engagement, and the 2025 gap is the largest measured.”
Growing numbers of young men attending church has become so noticeable that even The New York Times reported on it, “For the first time in modern American history, young men are now more religious than their female peers. They attend services more often and are more likely to identify as religious.”
Historic revivals included an outpouring of God’s presence with outward manifestations of the Holy Spirit, bringing deep repentance and grief over sin, transformed lives, social changes, and church growth.
Certainly we’re seeing signs of all these today – especially among young men. It’s too soon to declare that this is a full-blown national revival, but it really does seem like the beginnings of one. Let’s pray that these signs grow and bring lasting change to individuals, our churches and our world.
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