---
title: "Answered Prayers"
description: "That's the number of American adults who say they have received a definite answer to a specific prayer request. About one-in-four say they have received a direct revelation from God. "
date: "2006-11-14"
authors:
  - name: "Russell Heimlich"
    job_title: "Former web developer"
    link: "https://www.pewresearch.org/staff/russell-heimlich/"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2006/11/14/answered-prayers/"
---

# Answered Prayers

Over half of Americans surveyed (55%) in a recent Pew Forum poll said that they had received a definite answer to a specific prayer request. About one-in-four Americans (26%) reported that they had received a direct revelation from God. Pentecostals and other renewalist populations reported higher rates than other Christians, with 77% of pentecostals and 63% of charismatics saying they had received an answer to a prayer, while 54% of pentecostals and 39% of charismatics said they had received a revelation. [Read More](https://www.pewresearch.org/pubs/254/pentecostal-power)