Nearly Half of Americans Say They’ve Gotten a Miraculous Answer to Prayer

At a time when most research about faith focuses on declining church attendance or shrinking religious affiliation, the American Bible Society’s latest State of the Bible report points in a different direction: nearly half of Americans say they’ve personally experienced a miraculous answer to prayer.According to the organization’s State of the Bible USA 2026 survey, 48% of U.S. adults say God has answered one of their prayers in a miraculous way. Among practicing Christians, that number rises to