A new study by the American Bible Society finds that more young people believe that God’s Word has changed their lives.
According to the first article in State of the Bible USA 2024 report58% of respondents “somewhat” or “strongly” agreed that the Bible has changed their lives compared to 2023 (57%).
Chapter 1 of the report, “The Bible in America Today,” found that Gen It was also revealed that the percentage of people who agreed was the same in both countries and eras. The numbers for 2023 and 2024 were the same as for the total population.
One notable finding is that 54 percent of Gen Z, the youngest group of American adults born after 1997, say the Bible has changed their lives, up from 50 percent in 2023. It is increasing.
“Our youngest adults are showing signs of interest in the Bible, curiosity, and transformative interaction with it,” says Davidson, chief program officer at the American Bible Society and editor of the “State of the Bible” series. John Farquhar-Pleik, head of the school, said: statement.
“If this trend continues, we have good reason to be hopeful,” he added.
The largest increase in the proportion of respondents was among baby boomers, adults born between 1946 and 1964, who said they felt the Bible would have a transformative impact on their lives in 2024 either to some extent or to some extent. “Strongly agree”, an increase of 5% from the previous survey. 64% said it would be the same in 2023.
Millennials (adults born between 1981 and 1996), on the other hand, are a generation whose percentages have declined when asked about the transformative effects of the Bible (50% in 2023, 48% this year).According to reports christian postMillennials were also the only generation to read the Bible less frequently in 2024 (12%)
Millennials were also the only generation (12%) to say they would read the Bible less frequently in 2024 compared to 2023. 11% said they read the Bible more.
Overall, 15 percent of respondents increased their Bible reading in the past, while 10 percent did the opposite. For Gen Z, 21% said their Bible reading had increased in the past year, while 9% said it had decreased. Baby boomers and those born before 1946 (16 percent) increased their Bible reading, as did 15 percent of Generation X adults. However, 10 percent of the oldest adults and 9 percent of Generation X adults saw their Bible reading decrease.
The report surveyed 2,506 U.S. adults from January 4 to 23, 2024, and had a margin of error of +/-2.73 percentage points.
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Milton Quintanilla is a freelance writer and content creator. He is a contributor to his Crosswalk Headlines and host of the For Your Soul Podcast, a podcast dedicated to sound doctrine and Biblical truth. He holds a Master of Divinity degree from Alliance Theological Seminary.
