Drinking is nearly as prevalent among practicing Christians today as it is within the general U.S. population, a new report from Barna Group reveals.

Some 67 percent of American adults ages 21 and over — including 60 percent of practicing Christians — consume alcohol at least occasionally, Barna found. Researchers defined practicing Christians as self-identifying Christians who attend church at least once a month and say their faith is very important in their lives.

Though evangelical Christians are less inclined to imbibe, nearly half of U.S. evangelicals over age 21 (46 percent) nevertheless confess to drinking.

Nearly half of U.S. evangelicals over age 21 confess to drinking.

Approximately 30 percent of Americans say they sometimes consume more alcohol than they should, with Millennials (43 percent) and Gen Xers (38 percent) most likely to binge drink. About 2 percent of evangelicals say they drink too much.

Among the third of legal-age Americans who never drink, just 14 percent cite faith as the reason. The most common reasons for abstaining are seeing the negative effects of alcohol on close family members and friends (27 percent), disliking the taste (25 percent), and health concerns (21 percent).

Among all adults surveyed, 41 percent said drinking had caused problems in their families. Evangelical Christians were even more likely to indicate that alcohol had been a source of trouble in their families, with 54 percent acknowledging this.

The Assemblies of God maintains that Christians should not drink alcohol.

“From its inception, the Assemblies of God has been unequivocally committed to abstinence from alcoholic beverages, a conviction firmly rooted in what the Bible teaches about the abuse of wine, the consumption of strong drink, and also in its cardinal ethical principle of love for God and others,” the Fellowship's position paper on the topic says. “Not to be overlooked as well has been the obvious and well-publicized devastation resulting from alcohol abuse in so many homes and communities. Throughout our history, the proclamation of the gospel has been a powerful force in bringing addicted persons to dynamic faith in Christ, delivering them, enabling lifelong abstinence, and enhancing healthy homes, churches, and communities.”