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

% of adults who would rather have a smaller government with fewer 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 USA79%19%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%231
Assemblies of God92%7%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%297
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints91%8%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%507
Churches of Christ85%12%2%1%< 1%1%304
Episcopal Church60%28%4%3%4%1%272
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)70%25%2%< 1%1%2%403
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)90%8%2%< 1%< 1%< 1%576
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)91%8%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%121
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod83%16%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%343
National Baptist Convention91%6%3%< 1%< 1%< 1%109
Nondenominational charismatic93%7%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%126
Nondenominational evangelical93%6%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%556
Nothing in particular (religion important)59%27%7%< 1%3%3%983
Nothing in particular (religion not important)19%27%15%1%31%7%1,463
Presbyterian Church (USA)68%26%2%2%1%1%249
Presbyterian Church in America79%19%1%< 1%1%< 1%112
Southern Baptist Convention91%7%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%1,336
United Church of Christ61%31%4%< 1%2%1%108
United Methodist Church73%21%3%1%1%1%1,115
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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