“The clearest trend we’ve seen pointing to spiritual renewal”: How God is at work in surprising places and ways
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 5 June 2025
⏱️ 8 minutes
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Nearly thirty million more US adults are following Jesus today than was the case just four years ago, according to Barna. Their CEO, David Kinnaman, called this “the clearest trend we’ve seen in more than a decade pointing to spiritual renewal.” He notes that this movement is being led especially by “younger generations.” How can you and I partner with Christ to become more like him? We discuss four steps on partnering with Christ we can take today to become more like him.
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| 0:00.0 | It's Thursday, June 5th, 2025. |
| 0:05.1 | Welcome to Denison Forum's Daily Article Podcast. |
| 0:08.8 | I'm Chris Elkins, narrating today's daily article written by our co-founder and CEO, Dr. Jim Denison. |
| 0:16.7 | Nearly 30 million more U.S. adults are following Jesus today than was the case just four years ago, |
| 0:24.0 | according to Barna. Their CEO, David Kinneman, called this the clearest trend we've seen in more |
| 0:30.6 | than a decade pointing to spiritual renewal. He notes that this movement is being led especially by |
| 0:36.7 | younger generations. |
| 0:38.3 | God is moving in other parts of the world as well, places where the death of the church has long been predicted. |
| 0:43.3 | In France, for example, 10,384 adults were baptized on Easter Sunday, a jump of 46% from last year and nearly double the number in 2023. |
| 0:56.3 | The number of teenagers baptized was 10 times higher than in 2019. |
| 1:01.6 | One priest said, |
| 1:03.1 | We are overwhelmed by what is taking place. |
| 1:05.7 | God is moving dramatically in the UK as well. |
| 1:08.5 | Bible sales in the country have increased by 87% between 2019 and |
| 1:14.6 | 2024. Twice as many people are making first-time commitments to follow Jesus compared to 2021. Last year, |
| 1:22.7 | more than 2 million people tried the Alpha course, a ministry designed to answer seekers' questions and lead |
| 1:29.7 | them to faith in Christ. This is the highest figure ever recorded. A woman showed up at one church |
| 1:36.0 | seeking help because Jesus spoke to her in a dream, telling her she needed to be baptized. |
| 1:41.7 | A young woman came on an online Alpha course with a painful case of shingles. |
| 1:46.9 | The alpha leader prayed with her, and the shingles vanished. One church saw 120 people respond to |
| 1:54.4 | the gospel on Easter Sunday. A Ph.D researcher in Wales collected more than 600 stories in just a couple of months of people |
| 2:03.0 | being healed. A youth ministry called Spring Harvest saw 630 professions of faith last year. Last Christmas, |
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