A new survey by the Christian humanitarian charity Tearfund has found that one in five adults in Britain pray regularly, and that number is more than double the amount of people who go to church regularly.
A ComRes poll of 2,069 people, commissioned by Tearfund, showed that 20 percent of U.K. adults pray regularly, or at least once a month, but only 9 percent go to church regularly.
The survey also showed that more than half of adults, 51 percent, say they ever pray, but only one in three people pray in a place of worship. A third of them pray before going to bed or while waking up, and others pray while doing daily activities.
The survey further found that those who pray say they pray mostly for family. About 42 percent pray to thank God, 40 percent pray for friends or for healing, 37 percent pray for guidance, and 28 percent pray for themselves.
Fifty-five percent of those with no religious affiliation pray when they have a personal crisis or tragedy, 32 percent of them pray for something to change, 24 percent pray as a last resort, and 23 percent pray for comfort or when feeling lonely.
The poll found that women are more likely to say they ever pray, 56 percent, compared with men, 46 percent.
Only 24 percent pray about global poverty, according to Tearfund.
“We often pray for the work we do in 50 countries worldwide, whether in fragile states like the Central African Republic, or for climate-change issues that push many into poverty,” The Times quoted Ruth Valerio, the charity’s global advocacy director, as saying. “We believe prayer is powerful and changes…
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