Word: barna
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...states, focuses on children because they are so approachable. Its literature exhorts members to seize "every opportunity to instill God's Word in tender hearts while they are young." Most born-again Christians accept Jesus Christ as their Saviour before age 18, according to surveys conducted by the Barna Research Group, an organization based in California that tracks religious attitudes. And children under 14 are most open to the idea, the group has found. Last year, according to the Fellowship's careful record keeping, 17,537 children professed their faith in Jesus at club meetings...
...wasn't alone. A 1998 Barna Research Associates survey found that 12% of adults had used the Net for religious purposes and that 1 in 6 teens plan to make it their sole religious outlet within five years...