Renaissance of America

There is a growing, upbeat belief in America. You may not see it on your screen, but you can feel it in the air. Despite the continual somber news on social media and on local and national news networks, good news is still alive — and a spiritual optimism is rising, surging strongest among adults and Gen Z Americans.

The research confirms what the heart already suspects. While traditional institutional church membership and confidence ratings remain low, as Gallup polling continues to show, something deeper is stirring. Surveys from Pew Research show that more than 70% of young adults and Gen Z Americans believe a spiritual awakening will blossom in America in their lifetimes — and the Barna Group’s research points in the same direction. A generation the pundits wrote off as lost is quietly becoming one of the most spiritually hopeful in modern memory.

History teaches us what happens next. The great renaissances of the world did not begin in golden ages — they began in seasons of gloom. Michelangelo’s Florence rose from plague years. Out of hard times came the printing press, new art, new music, new inventions, and a new vision of human possibility. Every renaissance in history started the same way: with people who refused to believe the story was over.

So take heart. Turn down the noise for a moment and look around. The seeds of an American renaissance are already in the ground — in the young people searching for meaning, in the neighbors rediscovering one another, in the quiet good news that never makes the evening broadcast.

Welcome to Renaissance of America. This is The Great Reseeding.