Belief in Heaven among baby Boomers by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among baby Boomers by belief in heaven

% of baby Boomers who …in heaven

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA90%4%6%194
Assemblies of God92%2%6%190
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints96%2%2%209
Churches of Christ96%2%2%182
Episcopal Church70%22%7%215
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)82%11%8%260
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)90%5%5%354
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod85%6%9%184
National Baptist Convention96%4%1%216
Nondenominational evangelical79%10%11%270
Nothing in particular (religion important)72%18%10%650
Nothing in particular (religion not important)28%59%12%945
Presbyterian Church (USA)80%9%10%173
Southern Baptist Convention87%5%8%791
United Church of Christ75%16%9%101
United Methodist Church85%10%5%677
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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