There are signs that a Christian revival may be on America’s horizon as times get harder and the consequences of secularism become more obvious.
The West is undergoing a complete rejection of God. Europe, which has been host to most of Christianity’s history, has become mostly godless. Only about 8.4% of young Europeans attend church service. Islam is filling the religious space in Europe as Middle Eastern and African immigrants flood into Europe.
The United States is not faring much better. While having many more Christians and borders far away from Islamic nations, it nevertheless has an average church attendance of 20%. Christianity has lost so much power and influence in America that its president feels confident in replacing Easter with a made-up transgender holiday.
As the West wavers on its Christian convictions, many Asian Christian churches, such as those of China and Iran, are experiencing unprecedented expansions. Based on the fast growth of Christianity in Asia and its spiral downward in the West, it appears that God is beginning to shift focus to the East, where his work is not well known.
However, this does not mean that God is abandoning America. Nor does it rule out the possibility that America can bounce back from this costly setback. After all, it would not be the first time that it has.
There have been a succession of Great Awakenings in America’s history. Great Christian intellectuals, including George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards, preached with authority on the necessity to seek God amid a national decline in church attendance and religious conviction.
There have been three such movements in America’s history. One could argue that it is in the American character to falter in faith but to run back to God eventually with radical fervor. Perhaps that time is yet again upon us.
Young people across America are expressing their discontent with the movements that have resulted from shunting God aside in public life. Many women who have been told that it is liberating to sell their bodies to men are leaving the sex industry and are being born again. Country music, which often promotes patriotic and Christian themes, has become one of the fastest-growing music genres. A Gallup poll last year found that support for birth control, divorce, premarital sex, same-sex relations, and pornography have all declined.
Despite the overall drop in numbers of those who identified as Christians, there is talk of a surging movement toward traditional-style churches. This is to be differentiated from the popular contemporary churches, which include the large swathe of churches that have modernized and, in many cases, have been infected by the woke hive mind.
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The foreseeable future of America suggests hard times ahead for future generations. Fortunately, hard times forge stronger people, and they open the door wider for people to seek God.
It may require a miracle to turn America’s religious situation around, but that possibility alone means there is a chance to make a comeback. Christians must be prepared to play their parts when the time comes.
Parker Miller is a 2024 Washington Examiner Winter Fellow.