E-vangelism: Sharing the gospel online

Gavin Matthews  |  Features  |  everyday evangelism
Date posted:  8 Sep 2026
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E-vangelism: Sharing the  gospel online

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According to a recent survey amongst new Christians, one of the first places they had gone to find information about the Christian faith was the internet and social media.

This is unsurprising! As statistica.com reports, the UK has 55.5m internet users and 92% social media penetration overall, rising to over 98% amongst GenZ. Ofcom says that the average UK adult spends around 4.5 hours online every day.

One girl joined our church earlier this year, saying her spiritual searching had started on TikTok – and she is far from unique.

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