Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who say government aid to the poor does more good than harm who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Assemblies of God | 68% | 24% | 1% | 4% | 3% | 178 |
Churches of Christ | 42% | 37% | 3% | 13% | 5% | 221 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 45% | 31% | 2% | 17% | 5% | 278 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 30% | 43% | 4% | 14% | 9% | 148 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 48% | 37% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 203 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 55% | 28% | 2% | 11% | 4% | 572 |
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