Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who pray at least daily by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who pray at least daily by interpretation of scripture

% of Evangelical Protestants who pray at least daily who say the holy scripture is…

Religious denominationWord of God; should be taken literallyWord of God; not everything taken literallyWord of God; other/don't knowNot the word of GodOther/don't knowSample size
Assemblies of God74%19%2%2%3%388
Churches of Christ56%31%3%6%3%382
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)63%24%3%8%2%628
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)53%33%4%6%4%170
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod50%38%4%5%3%305
Nondenominational charismatic59%28%9%4%< 1%165
Nondenominational evangelical59%31%5%2%3%577
Presbyterian Church in America44%31%8%11%6%104
Seventh-day Adventist51%35%6%3%5%145
Southern Baptist Convention66%22%4%4%4%1,504
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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