Belief in God among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services by belief in God

% of adults who would rather have a bigger government with more services who say they…

Religious denominationBelieve in God; absolutely certainBelieve in God; fairly certainBelieve in God; not too/not at all certainBelieve in God; don't knowDo not believe in GodOther/don't know if they believe in GodSample size
American Baptist Churches USA88%10%1%1%< 1%< 1%207
Assemblies of God87%10%1%2%1%< 1%130
Church of God in Christ91%9%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%108
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints75%19%4%< 1%1%1%113
Churches of Christ78%15%6%< 1%< 1%1%161
Episcopal Church54%34%8%< 1%2%1%179
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)58%37%5%< 1%< 1%< 1%187
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)79%19%1%1%< 1%< 1%206
National Baptist Convention90%9%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%330
Nondenominational evangelical90%10%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%103
Nothing in particular (religion important)59%29%6%1%3%2%890
Nothing in particular (religion not important)17%24%16%1%36%5%1,260
Presbyterian Church (USA)64%31%3%< 1%1%< 1%146
Southern Baptist Convention85%12%1%2%< 1%< 1%405
Unitarian12%24%22%< 1%34%8%110
United Methodist Church63%28%6%1%1%1%412
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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