{"id":867206,"date":"2026-04-02T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/867206\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T13:50:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T13:50:12","slug":"did-jesus-bodily-rise-from-the-dead-more-germans-say-yes-evangelical-focus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/867206\/","title":{"rendered":"Did Jesus bodily rise from the dead? More Germans say yes, Evangelical Focus"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Germany<\/a>, a pre-Easter survey shows that the percentage of those who believe Jesus rose bodily, as stated in the Gospels of the Bible, is on the rise.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The sociological research firm INSA-Consulere surveyed 2,006 people, representative in terms of age and geographical origin, on behalf of the Christian news agency IDEA between 27 and 30 March 2026.<\/p>\n

28% agreed with the statement: \u201cJesus Christ has risen from the dead in bodily form\u201d, an increase of 9 percentage points compared to 2022 (19% then), when the same question was asked.<\/p>\n

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The proportion of those who said they did not believe in the resurrection of Jesus remained more or less the same: 38% in 2026 compared to 39% in 2022, whilst three in ten people said they \u201cdid not know\u201d. What has fallen is the number of those who chose not to answer (from 14% to 6%).<\/p>\n

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Those most likely to believe in the resurrection are adults aged 18 to 29, at 43 per cent, with belief declining as age increases: 30- to 39-year-olds: 31 per cent; 40 to 49-year-olds: 28 per cent; 50 to 59-year-olds: 24 per cent; 60 to 69-year-olds: 22 per cent; over 70s: 20 per cent).<\/p>\n

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The self-identidified Christian respondents most likely to believe in the physical resurrection of Christ were members of free evangelical churches (61 per cent), followed by Catholics (44 per cent), and Protestants from national, liberal-leaning Reformed churches (35 per cent). It is noteworthy that among the Muslims surveyed, 43 per cent said they believed in the resurrection of Jesus, more than liberal Protestants and almost on a par with Catholics.<\/p>\n

The survey also found that the further to the left respondents were politically, the less they believed in the resurrection.<\/p>\n

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