The question of whether the United States is a christian nation comes down to individuals and institutions. Chris: Is it not enough individuals are christians in this country? Or is it that institutionally, our practices and our policies no longer reflect what they believe are christian values? He says there's no established church in the united states america. And i would say, curtis, that where the institutions of life are increasingly anti-christian, creates head winds in the faith of individual christians and diminishes their numbers.