{"id":15629,"date":"2026-10-14T11:53:31","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?p=15629"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:53:31","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T15:53:31","slug":"belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html","title":{"rendered":"Belief in Jesus\u2019 Virgin Birth Hits New Low"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"
Adobe Stock<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A new poll has revealed that belief in Jesus\u2019s virgin birth has hit an all-time low. The report from the American Bible Society explored Americans\u2019 supernatural beliefs, with 62% of U.S. adults believing in the supernatural. The report surveyed 2,649 U.S. adults from January 8 to the 27th<\/sup> and explored their adherence to a number of supernatural events and beings.<\/p>\n

The survey looked at beliefs in supernatural beings such as God, Satan, angels, and demons. Overall, 68% said they believed in God, while 55% believed in Satan. 64% believed in angels, while 51% believed in demons. The survey also found that 62% of respondents believed in Heaven while 53% believed in Hell. Belief was found to be higher amongst older individuals than younger, with 57% of Gen Z believing in God while 75% of boomers and older did. Women were also more likely to believe in God (68%) than men (55%).<\/p>\n

The study also looked at belief in biblical miracles such as the parting of the Red Sea as described in the book of Exodus, the Resurrection of Jesus, and the virgin birth. Fifty-three percent believed that the Resurrection of Jesus probably or definitely happened, while 49% said the same of the virgin birth, and 44% said so of the parting of the Red Sea. Not unsurprisingly, those who identified as religious were more likely to believe in the supernatural events of the Bible, with 90% of evangelicals believing in the resurrection. Sixty-seven percent of Catholics believed in an actual resurrection while 61% of mainline Protestants did.<\/p>\n

Regarding the effectiveness of prayer, 48% expressed some belief in answered prayer while 19% strongly disagreed. Forty-four percent expressed some belief in healing while 27% believed in spiritual attacks. Once again, beliefs in these were highest amongst practicing Christians over those who didn\u2019t practice or stated they did not believe. The overall results of the study, according to Dr. John Farquhar Plake, American Bible Society\u2019s Chief Innovation Officer and editor-in-chief of the State of the Bible, pointed to the need for the Bible to explain people\u2019s general belief in the supernatural. \u201cMost of our neighbors sense that our lives are more than a material existence. They have a sense of the supernatural and are seeking answers to their questions in diverse ways, whether that means engaging in mainstream religious practices or diverging from them,\u201d he said. \u201cThe Bible helps us understand how the natural world and the supernatural world are connected, and it\u2019s our responsibility to help our fellow Americans open the Bible and experience a life-changing encounter with God.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A new poll has revealed that belief in Jesus\u2019s virgin birth has hit an all-time low. The report from the American Bible Society explored Americans\u2019 supernatural beliefs, with 62% of U.S. adults believing in the supernatural. The report surveyed 2,649 U.S. adults from January 8 to the 27th and explored their adherence to a number…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":516,"featured_media":15632,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fbia_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nBelief in Jesus\u2019 Virgin Birth Hits New Low<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"An American Bible Society poll finds just 49% of Americans believe in Jesus' virgin birth, revealing shifting beliefs in biblical miracles.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Belief in Jesus\u2019 Virgin Birth Hits New Low\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"An American Bible Society poll finds just 49% of Americans believe in Jesus' virgin birth, revealing shifting beliefs in biblical miracles.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Christ News Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-14T15:53:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2026\/10\/Virgin-Mary_credit-Adobe-Stock.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"900\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cecilia Buchanan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Belief in Jesus\u2019 Virgin Birth Hits New Low","description":"An American Bible Society poll finds just 49% of Americans believe in Jesus' virgin birth, revealing shifting beliefs in biblical miracles.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Belief in Jesus\u2019 Virgin Birth Hits New Low","og_description":"An American Bible Society poll finds just 49% of Americans believe in Jesus' virgin birth, revealing shifting beliefs in biblical miracles.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html","og_site_name":"Christ News Today","article_published_time":"2026-10-14T15:53:31+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":900,"url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2026\/10\/Virgin-Mary_credit-Adobe-Stock.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cecilia Buchanan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html","name":"Belief in Jesus\u2019 Virgin Birth Hits New Low","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2026\/10\/Virgin-Mary_credit-Adobe-Stock.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-14T15:53:31+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-14T15:53:31+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/#\/schema\/person\/450625ec20bf3e8a84060b9321455f3d"},"description":"An American Bible Society poll finds just 49% of Americans believe in Jesus' virgin birth, revealing shifting beliefs in biblical miracles.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2026\/10\/Virgin-Mary_credit-Adobe-Stock.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/409\/2026\/10\/Virgin-Mary_credit-Adobe-Stock.jpg","width":1200,"height":900,"caption":"Adobe Stock"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/2026\/10\/belief-in-jesus-virgin-birth-hits-new-low.html#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Belief in Jesus\u2019 Virgin Birth Hits New Low"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/","name":"Christ News Today","description":"Christian News From Around the Globe","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/#\/schema\/person\/450625ec20bf3e8a84060b9321455f3d","name":"Brandy Grenier","url":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/author\/bgrenier"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/516"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15629"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15635,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15629\/revisions\/15635"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/christnewstoday\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}