Church leaders claim that young people’s interest in meditation and spirituality leads them to pray more frequently.
According to the Church of England, the rise in popularity of mindfulness and spirituality among young people has resulted in a rise in the number of times young people pray compared to previous generations.
Of those surveyed, 32% of those between the ages of 18 and 34 and 25% of those over the age of 55 reported praying within the preceding month.
Most people under the age of 55 (56%) said they had prayed at least once in their lives, while just 41% of those over the age of 55 said the same.
The Church of England commissioned a Savanta ComRes poll of 2,073 persons in the United Kingdom, and the results showed that the most popular reasons for prayer were for loved ones (69%), the ill (54%), and a sense of gratitude (70%). (51 per cent).
The Church of England has argued that the rise of mindfulness and spirituality among young people has resulted in a rise in the number of young people who pray.
The Church of England has argued that the rise of mindfulness and spirituality among young people has resulted in a rise in the number of young people who pray.
Rev. Dr. Stephen Hance, the CofE’s evangelism spokesman, told The Sunday Telegraph that the results refute the notion that “young people are not interested in faith or spiritual concerns.”
Praying makes sense to people, he added, since we live in a time where mindfulness and meditation are more mainstream than ever.
The CofE attributes the study results to a generational shift toward conservatism, yet this phenomenon is also consistent with a rising interest in spirituality.
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