Ben Carson Points to Gen Z Church Revival as Young Americans Push Back on Secular Culture
Dr. Ben Carson highlights a spiritual revival among Gen Z, with younger Americans increasingly returning to church. A Barna Group poll shows Gen Z members are leading church attendance across all generations, attending approximately 1.9 times per month.
As America gets set to celebrate the nation's 250th birthday this July, Dr. Ben Carson is on a mission to share how faith and religious principles are central to our founding and identity.
Carson, a former secretary of Housing and Urban Development as well as a retired neurosurgeon, said schools are failing to teach accurate history lessons about America, and are instead influencing students with ideas that undermine patriotism and traditional values.
"A lot of people really don't understand the role of faith in our country," he told Fox News Digital. "They say, 'We're not a faith-based country.' I wonder if those people have read our founding document, the Declaration of Independence, which says that our rights come from our creator."
Carson cited George Washington's faith, noting that the father of our country prayed a lot and was dubbed "bulletproof Washington." During the Battle of Monongahela, during the French and Indian War, he was the only courier to escape uninjured. He had two horses shot from beneath him, had four bullet holes in his coat, bullet fragments in his hair, no flesh wounds.
During the Constitutional Convention of 1787, when those assembled in Philadelphia struggled with disagreements, Carson recounted how Benjamin Franklin stood before the delegates and famously reminded them that throughout the American Revolution, they had frequently turned to God for guidance.
"He said, 'We need to talk to God.' And they prayed, and they got up, and they put together the Constitution of the United States, which has lasted as a single constitution for 250 years," said Carson.
A spiritual revival has been emerging among younger Americans, as has been widely reported, with members of Gen Z leading church attendance across generations.
"One of the encouraging things is you may have noticed that a lot of Gen Zers are starting to go back to church, and are starting to realize that the path we were on can't possibly lead to a good place," said Carson. "They just put their brains in gear."
A recent Barna Group poll found that Gen Z is leading a resurgence in church activity, attending about 1.9 times per month, nearly double their 2020 rate, and now outpacing every other generation in regular worship. Older generations, such as boomers and elders, attend less frequently, averaging around 1.4 times per month.
