Is this the end of the 'Quiet Revival'?
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International polling organisation YouGov have admitted to faulty data at the heart of the Bible Society's Quiet Revival report.
What do the flawed statistics mean for the church, and do the countless stories, baptisms and testimonies of the past two years still point to something real?
Esther was joined by Paul Williams, CEO of Bible Society, and Katherine Brown from the Evangelical Alliance to make sense of it all.
Released on 30 Mar 2026
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