Dr. George Barna is the Director of Research at the Cultural Research Center at Arizona Christian University, as well as a professor at the University. He co-founded the Cultural Research Center in 2020 with the goals of expanding biblical worldview in the United States and helping Arizona Christian University become America’s Premier Worldview University.
Considered the nation’s leading worldview researcher, Dr. Barna brings more than 40 years of research experience, including more than 30 years measuring worldview in America, to the creation of the Arizona Christian University Worldview Assessment.
Passionately committed to expanding the biblical worldview in our nation, Dr. Barna developed the Arizona Christian University Worldview Assessment with the goal of helping Americans recognize, understand, and strengthen their worldview.
Author of 60 books, including award-winning books and New York Times and Amazon bestsellers, Dr. Barna has sold more books based on survey research regarding matters of faith than any author in American history. His most recent bestseller, Raising Spiritual Champions: Nurturing Your Child’s Heart, Mind and Soul (2023), focuses on increasing the biblical worldview among the next generation of children. He makes hundreds of national media appearances each year, sharing his research findings and challenging audiences to strengthen their biblical worldview and share it with others.
In addition to his current role at the Cultural Research Center, Dr. Barna serves as the Senior Research Fellow for the Center for Biblical Worldview at the Family Research Council. He was the founder of the Barna Group (which he sold in 2009), the American Culture and Faith Institute, and Metaformation. He previously taught at several universities and seminaries served as the teaching pastor of a large, multi-ethnic church; pastor of a house church; an elder in four congregations; and has helped to start several churches.
Dr. Barna graduated summa cum laude from Boston College, earned two master’s degrees from Rutgers University, and received a doctorate from Dallas Baptist University.