11/04/2025
Public page views on AChurchNearYou.Com hit 198.6 million in 2024 – up from 128.1 million in 2023 and up more than three quarters on the previous year.
The figure does not include the 9.7 million page impressions from the site’s army of local editors who maintain and update parish pages, adding and tagging worship services, events and community action projects such as food banks.
Users shared a total of 11,733 church services and events from AChurchNearYou.Com on social media last year – a 268 per cent increase in a year.
And 18,445 services and events were added to calendars on people’s mobile phones and other devices, a 200 per cent increase on the previous year.
The surging use of AChurchNearYou.Com comes after polls suggested growing interest in faith. The Bible Society report The Quiet Revival published earlier this week pointed to polling evidence showing a turnaround in the numbers of young people identifying as Christian and who say they regularly attend church.
The Church of England’s Head of Digital, Amaris Cole, said: “We’re delighted that more people than ever are looking for a local church via our church-finder tool, AChurchNearYou.com.
“The staggering increase shows the public are more interested than ever in connecting with one of our communities, whether for a service, an event, a family activity or one of the amazing projects our churches run.
“Our churches regularly report newcomers who have found them through the site, so the rise in page hits is giving our editors confidence in inviting the public in to one of our 16,000 spaces.
“This month alone, churches have added around 20,000 calendar events that the public are invited to attended as we look to celebrate Easter.
“Because everyone is welcome, we’ve prioritised accessibility by adding tags to help visitors find the service for them – whether there is wheelchair access, gluten-free refreshments, British Sign Language translation or dementia friendly. These can be found by using the tags when searching for churches in your area.”
As Palm Sunday approaches, there are currently almost 20,000 services and events for Holy Week and Easter in local Church of England churches listed on AChurchNearYou with more expected in the coming days.
Meanwhile, this year’s national online service for Easter Sunday will come from Holy Sepulchre Church in the City of London, which is also known as the National Musicians’ Church.