evidence: Is America a Christian Nation? [...] America continues to be a place where people want to live. The attraction resides in our freedom and opportunity influenced by the Christianity of our founders. Patrick Henry said this: "It cannot be emphasized too strongly or too often that this great nation was founded, not by religionists, but by Christians; not on religions, but on the gospel of Jesus Christ. For this very reason peoples of other faiths have been afforded asylum, prosperity, and freedom of worship here." While the United States undeniably offers freedom and opportunity, there has always been an enduring fight to liberate its citizens from the chains of sin and darkness.Click To TweetMany of our founding fathers were Christian, but was America a Christian nation? Not long after our independence, only 7% of Americans attended an evangelical church. By 1850, that percentage doubled. It continued to rise to a height of 76% almost a hundred years later.