Belief in Heaven among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by belief in heaven

% of adults who believe in God with absolute certainty who …in heaven

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church97%< 1%2%105
American Baptist Churches USA93%3%4%379
Assemblies of God92%2%6%421
Church of God in Christ95%2%3%154
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints97%1%2%561
Churches of Christ95%2%4%414
Episcopal Church85%10%5%279
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)91%3%6%456
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)92%4%4%722
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)88%4%8%181
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod90%4%6%377
National Baptist Convention94%3%3%429
Nondenominational charismatic86%8%6%173
Nondenominational evangelical83%7%10%629
Nondenominational fundamentalist87%7%6%100
Nothing in particular (religion important)79%14%8%1,145
Nothing in particular (religion not important)55%32%13%525
Presbyterian Church (USA)86%6%8%294
Presbyterian Church in America84%6%10%119
Seventh-day Adventist88%7%5%149
Southern Baptist Convention89%4%7%1,663
United Church of Christ86%8%6%132
United Methodist Church92%4%4%1,165
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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