In the United Kingdom, a rise in baptisms, growing church attendance and increased demand for Bibles point to greater openness to Christianity among military personnel.
This was reported by Christian Today.
Dr Martin Gliniecki, Executive Director of the Soldiers’ and Aviators’ Scripture Readers Association (SASRA), said the organisation’s staff had observed increased interest in spiritual matters both at training establishments and in operational units.
“We have witnessed a clear increase in interest in spirituality, faith and the Word of God,” he said.
Gliniecki’s observations are supported by recent data from the Royal Army Chaplains’ Department, indicating that Christianity is attracting increasing interest among young recruits.
According to Gliniecki, 26 recruits at Army Training Regiment Winchester were baptised or confirmed in October 2025, including 16 on a single Sunday.
At the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, dozens of officer cadets were reportedly baptised or confirmed. Eleven baptisms took place in October last year.
The number of baptisms among recruits at Army Training Centre Pirbright rose by 37.5% between 2024 and 2025. Growing interest was also reported at the Infantry Training Centre in Catterick and the Army Foundation College in Harrogate.
As LF reported, Moldovans trust the Church more than any other institution and political parties the least. The Church recorded the highest level of trust, with more than half of respondents, 53.5%, saying they either “trust it greatly”, 21.8%, or “trust it”, 31.7%.
As LF reported, 64% of Lithuanians trust the Church. This is shown by the results of a Baltijos tyrimai survey.
We previously reported that, according to the latest study, the Church ranks first in public trust among Romanian citizens. Survey data show that 63.9% of respondents have a fairly high level of trust in the Church, compared with 57.7% recorded in July last year.
We previously reported that a new study conducted by the Danish Bible Society found that growing numbers of young Danes are interested in questions of faith, read the Bible and attend church services. The findings were presented in the report “God and the Danes: An Analysis of Faith 2026”, published in spring 2026. The study was based on a survey of 3,000 people in Denmark and shows that religiosity is markedly higher among young people than among older generations.
As LF reported, the number of believers is declining in traditionally Christian regions. These findings are contained in the “Status of Global Christianity 2026” report, prepared by the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in the United States.
A study of more than 24,000 Christian worshippers in the United States found that church attendance had increased five years after the pandemic. The report was prepared by Faith Communities Today as part of a project examining the pandemic’s impact on congregations.
