{"id":16884,"date":"2025-08-28T13:05:47","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T12:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/?p=16884"},"modified":"2025-08-28T15:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T14:02:54","slug":"meet-the-people-trying-to-keep-christianity-alive-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/meet-the-people-trying-to-keep-christianity-alive-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the people trying to keep Christianity alive\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0UK"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">As weekly attendance at British churches is plummeting, can inclusive pastors, immigrant congregations and outreach efforts breathe life back into British Christianity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16889\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl Stephens says his childhood congregation once brimmed with people, but today most of the chairs go empty even on Easter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Every Friday afternoon, Karl Stephens stations himself on Cardiff\u2019s Queen Street with a stack of gospel tracts and a flask of hot chocolate. To passersby, it looks like an average evangelist stall. To Karl, it\u2019s a lifeline for a faith he believes Britain is in danger of losing. For him and his team, this weekly ritual has been their way of keeping Christianity alive in a country where the churches are emptying faster than they can be filled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For eight years now, Karl has stood on the same stretch of pavement, striking up conversations with passersby, offering prayers, or simply lending a listening ear. \u201cWe are under no particular church, the authority is the Bible,\u201d he says. \u201cWe don\u2019t preach, we just serve\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By his count, he has distributed more than 40,000 tracts and connected around 5,000 people to local congregations. \u201cWe connect people to a church then it\u2019s up to them to take action.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Karl\u2019s efforts are significant in the country where Christianity is in slow but steady retreat. The 2021 census revealed that, for the first time in recorded history, Christians make up less than half of England and Wales\u2019 population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Churches are closing, congregations are aging, and clergy are in decreasing supply. For lifelong attendees like Karl, the question is not just where did everyone go, but can the church ever bring them back?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-410x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-410x1024.jpg 410w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-770x1925.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-293x733.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"410\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-410x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-410x1024.jpg 410w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-120x300.jpg 120w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-770x1925.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/regions-of-atheism-in-uk-293x733.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Religious scholars and sociologists argue that what we are seeing is not a sudden collapse but the result of a long cultural drift. \u201cReligion has not been transmitted from generation to generation,\u201d says Prof. Abby Day, an Emerita Professor of Race, Faith &amp; Culture at the Goldsmiths University in London. \u201cWe\u2019re three generations in decline now. You are not going to get a 12 year-old walking in[to the church] off the street if their parents, and their grandparents, never did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the past, belief was inherited, often wrapped up in school assemblies, Sunday lunches and baptisms. Today, many of those rituals have vanished. About<a href=\"https:\/\/faithsurvey.co.uk\/uk-christianity.html?\"> only 5% of the population now regularly attends Church <\/a>in England. Prof. Abby Day says that the cultural importance of churches has eroded along with a sense of belonging they provide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The problem, she says, is not that people are actively anti-religion. It is that they were never introduced to it in the first place. \u201cYou can\u2019t revive what was never lived,\u201d she says. \u201cThere\u2019s no tradition left to pick back up.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16891\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/abby-day-image-1-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Abby Day believes the erosion of the Church\u2019s cultural importance has affected people\u2019s sense of belonging as well.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>More than thirty years ago, Sundays in Cardiff carried a rhythm Karl Stephens could set his watch to. The clanging bells echoing through the streets, the rustle of hymn books, the murmur of greetings exchanged beneath high vaults with fragrance of incense. The church doors swung open to a tide of pensioners, schoolchildren and a community gathering not just in faith, but in habit and tradition.<br><br>Back then, the church was a sea of faces and voices, the air warm with choral harmonies and candlelight. Today, as Karl takes his usual seat near the front, the silence rings louder than any sermon. The echoes are longer and shadows deeper. While whole rows lie untouched, Karl realises it\u2019s in that silence, not in statistics that the quiet decline of Christianity reveals itself.<br><br>\u201cWe had to pull out extra chairs at Easter. Now, we\u2019re lucky if we fill half the pews,\u201d says Karl looking around the empty congregation hall that he used to visit since his childhood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16885\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-6-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl Stephens (Right) has distributed more than 40,000 tracts and connected around 5,000 people to local Christian congregations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While many churches in the UK are shutting down or are on the verge of closing, a surprising ray of hope is emerging among young British adults. Professor Philip Esler, a Biblical scholar from the University of Gloucestershire says that there is a recent rise in church attendance among young British men and that he is hopeful of the youth seeking meaning in their life.<br><br>\u201cYoung people are surprisingly open and this decline is not irreversible. It complicates secularisation theories\u201d.<br><br>Social experts and economists have said that this rise in secularism can be attributed to advanced technology, education and access to modern world amenities. The age of consumerism fostered materialism. Materialism, at its core, is the belief that possessions bring happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Esler says that people are now realising materialism and secularism to be unsatisfying.<br>One key reason materialism proves unsatisfying is hedonic adaptation, sometimes called the \u2018hedonic treadmill.\u2019 This psychological concept explains that humans quickly adapt to new possessions and experiences, returning to a baseline level of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a connection between personal happiness and mental health and getting sure to go to Church. You could have fewer hospital admissions for mental illness and help the country,\u201d says Prof.Esler. He says that going to church can provide a sense of community, reduce isolation among young people and improve their mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Andrew Davies, a scholar of theology and public religion at the University of Birmingham agrees with this thought of Prof.Esler and says that the UK\u2019s growing mental health crisis is not purely medical but more of an existential one. In 2023, around 22% of young adults had a mental health difficulty, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/digital.nhs.uk\/data-and-information\/publications\/statistical\/mental-health-of-children-and-young-people-in-england\/2023-wave-4-follow-up#summary\">reports<\/a> by NHS Digital.<br><br>Prof. Davies says that crises like climate change, anxiety, loneliness and post-pandemic instability have caused many young people to search for deeper answers. \u201cMany young people are not hostile to religion, they are curious\u201d.<br><br>\u201cPeople are looking for peace and purpose, the mental health crisis emerges from not knowing why we are here\u201d. He says that the decline of traditional sources of purpose like faith, family, and community are no longer working properly and has left many directionless. People are seeking structure and belonging in an increasingly individualistic society. \u201cChristianity and churches can build a community-framework for everyone,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16966\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/andrew-davies-final-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Theologian Andrew Davies says the climate crisis, mental health challenges and loneliness have made young people curious about religion.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOne of the biggest areas where people are leaving the church is around inclusion and particularly on sexuality and gender,\u201d says Prof. Andrew Davies. \u201cIf young people feel the church is homophobic or exclusionary, they won\u2019t come back.\u201d<br>He says that religion and particularly Churches should provide opportunity and equality to everyone without using it to restrict people. In the UK, the religious landscape regarding LGBTQ+ inclusion is diverse, with some churches maintaining traditional views and others evolving towards greater acceptance.<br><br>In this changing landscape and evolving Christianity, Reverend Dwayne Morgan is leading the Inclusive Community Church in Dorset. Rev. Morgan says that there is still an opposition from the traditional churches towards LGBT+ people in the ministries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16947\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-2-final-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Reverend Dwayne Morgan says many churches welcome members of the LGBTQ+ but only to change them.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thepinknews.com\/2018\/01\/15\/churches-that-welcome-gay-couples-see-congregations-grow\/?\">study<\/a> from Leeds and York confirms that churches licensed for same-sex weddings have experienced noticeable increases in attendance, often from LGBT+ individuals seeking spiritual belonging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev.Morgan says that exclusionary stances, particularly on sexuality and gender, drive young people away. Often, he says, churches deceptively welcome LGBT+ people while secretly aiming to change them. \u201cThey are leading people deceptively. They&#8217;re saying you&#8217;re welcome, when in reality, they believe that they are not what they should be\u201d.<br><br>Contrastingly, his Church mainly ministers to LGBT+ individuals by providing them with spiritual support which the traditional churches usually fail to do. \u201cWe overtly say that thank God for gay men, thank God for lesbians, and thank God for trans people\u201d, says Rev. Morgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, he agrees with Prof. Esler and Prof. Davies and says that he sees the decline of Christianity in this country as a cultural and generational phenomena driven by consumerism, distraction and going away from spiritual habits. \u201cIt&#8217;s so hard in society, I think, for people just to stop and reflect. Now they just keep going, and ignore the reality of life.\u201d Rev.Morgan says that Christianity offers a connection to God and a better understanding of ourselves and the world around us.<br><br>Inclusive Community Church engages in a variety of innovative outreach programmes in the form of a stall at the pride parades, arranging group meets of Space Youth Project at their church and by helping the members to relax and slow down their fast-paced lives. \u201cEvery person is reached differently by where they are in their lives. And the best we can do is try to be where they will find us,\u201d says Rev. Morgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16949\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/rev-dwayne-morgan-1-final-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Inclusive Community Churches are the way to get young people interested in Christianity, says Reverend Dwayne Morgan.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Morgan\u2019s ministry shows one way forward by building communities of inclusion inside the church. But outside church walls, others are taking a very different route like Karl Stephens, an accountant turned evangelist continuing his outreach activities for Christianity in Cardiff, all due to strong personal calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For Karl, evangelism in today\u2019s age is not about giving sermons about hell and judgement, it is about service, presence and conversation with the open-minded people. \u201cIt\u2019s no longer that you are going to heaven or hell, now people are curious. That\u2019s good,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He says that his efforts are necessary because the modern church has lost a sense of compassion and urgency while they are on a decline since the last two decades. \u201cThe church is asleep, there\u2019s not much work being done\u201d. Karl says that his approach may be humble and he does not see it as a campaign for numbers but as a living expression of faith.<br><br>While evangelists and inclusive pastors are building new paths, British churches are still struggling with identity and mission. \u201cThe native British population has secularised perhaps faster than I thought it would,\u201d says Prof. Grace Davie, a sociologist of religion at the University of Exeter.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She says that it is not simply a drop in attendance, but a much deeper cultural loss. \u201cWe\u2019ve lost the vocabulary, the capacity to speak well about religion in public life.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Prof. Davie says that some of the gaps in churches have been filled by immigrant Christians from Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe who bring with vitality, tradition and conviction along with them.<br>During colonial rule, British missionaries introduced Christianity across large parts of Africa, the Caribbean, and South Asia. Generations later, many migrants from those former colonies like Nigeria, Ghana, Jamaica, India, and others have been bringing that same faith back to Britain.\u00a0 \u201cThey are here because we were there,\u201d she says. \u201cIt\u2019s a salutary lesson that perhaps other people have better answers than we did.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16894\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2-770x433.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/grace-davie2-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Professor Grace Davie says the decline in religion is a cultural loss for Britain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While traditional churches and its congregation consisting primarily of white British population is dwindling, immigrant congregations are<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.lse.ac.uk\/religionglobalsociety\/2016\/12\/how-are-black-majority-churches-growing-in-the-uk-a-london-borough-case-study\/\"> growing in the country<\/a> and often thriving better than others. In cities like London, Manchester and Birmingham, black-majority and Pentecostal churches regularly fill with worshippers every Sunday. These churches give a sense of community to immigrant Christian populations offering not only spiritual support but also acting as food banks and language classes.<br><br>Prof. Davie says that some of the gaps in the Christian churches in Britain have been filled by people coming into this country. Many of these Christians come from countries where faith is still central to daily life. \u201cChristians have come from Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, the Philippines, Brazil and they bring a theological conviction that feels at odds with the UK&#8217;s increasingly casual relationship with religion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She says that she is cautious about any revival but acknowledges that change is happening in terms of Christianity in the country, just not always in the ways the old Church expects. \u201cYou retain the identity, but you lose the content,\u201d she says. \u201cFaith today is often more cultural than committed, symbolic rather than spiritual.\u201d<br>Yet for some, especially the young people, Christianity is starting to feel like a choice again instead of a burden or a duty, a rather countercultural way to make meaning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among all the data and debate, perhaps the future of British Christianity won\u2019t be decided by institutions, but by individuals, people who choose to show up, reach out, and serve in ways that feel real. Whether it is a stall at Pride parade or a gospel tract on Queen Street, these acts are not grand solutions but they are quiet signs of perseverance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16888\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3-770x434.jpg 770w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3-500x282.jpg 500w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/life360\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2025\/08\/karl-image-3-293x165.jpg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Karl Stephen says there is a lot more to be done to revive Christianity\u00a0in\u00a0the\u00a0UK.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The task is long, the culture is shifting, and the churches are changing. But for those like Karl Stephens, who keep showing up every Friday without fail, the mission is as alive as ever. \u201cWas I successful? Yes. But is there more to do? 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