Adults who say Christianity is no longer the default faith of Americans
Percent of U.S. adults who agreed Christianity is no longer the faith Americans automatically accept, 2008 (in percent)
Key finding
- Adults who say Christianity is no longer the default faith of Americans: 50%. Half of adults agreed that Christianity is no longer the faith Americans automatically accept as their personal faith
Source: Barna Group, Christianity Is No Longer Americans’ Default Faith · Telephone interviews with a random sample of 1,004 U.S. adults, August 2008; margin of error ±3.2 percentage points. Article published 2023-12-13.
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Adults who say Christianity is no longer the default faith of Americans: 50%. Half of adults agreed that Christianity is no longer the faith Americans automatically accept as their personal faith.
Who published this data?
Barna Group, 2008. Source: Barna Group, Christianity Is No Longer Americans’ Default Faith (https://www.barna.com/research/christianity-is-no-longer-americans-default-faith/).
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