Belief in God among adults ages 65 and older by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults ages 65 and older by belief in God
% of adults ages 65 and older who say they…
Religious denomination | Believe in God; absolutely certain | Believe in God; fairly certain | Believe in God; not too/not at all certain | Believe in God; don't know | Do not believe in God | Other/don't know if they believe in God | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 86% | 10% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 139 |
Assemblies of God | 93% | 5% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 145 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 91% | 5% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 138 |
Churches of Christ | 88% | 11% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 151 |
Episcopal Church | 56% | 29% | 5% | 6% | 2% | 2% | 222 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 70% | 25% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 265 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 86% | 11% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | 1% | 212 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 85% | 13% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 180 |
National Baptist Convention | 95% | 1% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 143 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 95% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 107 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 57% | 27% | 6% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 276 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 19% | 20% | 15% | 2% | 37% | 8% | 518 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 72% | 21% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 206 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 91% | 7% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | 643 |
United Church of Christ | 65% | 30% | 2% | 1% | < 1% | 2% | 100 |
United Methodist Church | 72% | 20% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 691 |
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