The question raised is a good one and I don't presume to know the full answer. It raises the additional question of whether any Arminian may truly be considered born again.

In my own case, having begun first as Arminian because that was all I knew, I believe that my conversion was grounded in the simple truth expressed in Romans 10:9-10:

That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.

For me personally (this is a very experiential post), the key verse in my conversion from the Baha'i Faith to Christianity was John 14:6. Once I was persuaded that through Jesus Christ alone one may come to the Father, I confessed Him to be my Lord.

I believe God wrought a change in my heart at that time, but I was woefully ignorant of the doctrines of grace.

When I first came into contact with the doctrines of election and predestination two years later, I embraced them whole-heartedly by the grace of God.

I thank the Lord that He opened my heart not only to believe that Jesus is Lord, but also that being dead in my sins, it was He who quickened me (much as He raised Lazarus from the dead) and from whom I received the gift of salvation by grace through faith lest I should think that my coming to Him was a work generated by myself wherein I might have cause to boast of my own righteousness (Eph. 2).

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Andrew