The SPCK Group is a Bible and Christian book publisher based in the United Kingdom. Recently it announced that it set a record for Bible sales in 2025.

According to a recent blog post, SPCK sold £6.3 million worth of Bibles last year. This works out to $8.4 million in American dollars.

Though it was a record year, the company has seen a growing interest in the Bible over the past few years. Since 2019, the number of Bibles sold annually has more than doubled increasing by 109%.

Curiously, these stats seem to be flying in the face of Britain’s move towards secularism. CBN noted that census data is even picking up this trend. The number of individuals identifying as Christian has fallen dramatically in the UK from 70% in 2001 to just 46.2% in 2021.

So who is behind this growing Bible interest?

In a recent article, The Guardian reported that Bible retailers believe unchurched young people are behind the growth.

“It’s definitely younger people who are seeking some sort of spirituality – they want to understand the world and themselves better,” said Aude Pasquier, a spokesperson for Church House, a London-based Christian bookshop.

“They have no Christian background whatsoever,” she added. “They have no grounding from their parents or from their school. Whereas most people in prior generations would have.”

Steve Barnet, the owner of a Christian bookshop in Buckinghamshire was even more specific. He said that young men are the ones showing the greatest interest.

“Almost out of the blue something’s changed where people are turning to faith,” he told The Guardian.

So what is driving this return to Scripture?

SPCK CEO Sam Richardson believes unsettling global issues and the pandemic are creating instability. Add onto this technological changes and concerns about AI, people are looking for something stable that they can hang on to.

“In such a climate, Scripture is being rediscovered by many as something rooted, reliable and deeply human,” SPCK wrote on its blog.