July 14, 2001
Source: The Houston Chronicle
On July 14, 2001, The Houston Chronicle reported that "a study of more than 6,000 randomly sampled adults by the Barna Research Group reports a drop in the overall number of mainline American Christians who are considered to be 'evangelical' Christians... The study also showed that during the past five years there has been substantial growth in the percentage of 'born-again' adults in four of the 12 groups examined...Barna classifies about four out of every 10 U.S. adults as 'born-again Christians,' based on the stated belief that they have 'made a personal commitment to Christ' and 'know they will go to Heaven solely because they have confessed their sins and accepted Jesus Christ as their savior.'"