Belief in Heaven among third generation immigrants or higher by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among third generation immigrants or higher by belief in heaven

% of third generation immigrants or higher who …in heaven

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church96%2%2%109
American Baptist Churches USA92%3%4%405
Assemblies of God90%3%8%352
Church of God in Christ95%2%3%135
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints95%3%2%555
Churches of Christ92%3%5%436
Episcopal Church72%20%8%424
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)84%8%7%575
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)90%6%4%734
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)88%4%9%179
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)83%12%5%116
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod88%6%6%409
National Baptist Convention95%3%3%431
Nondenominational charismatic86%8%6%161
Nondenominational evangelical81%9%10%563
Nothing in particular (religion important)76%16%8%1,525
Nothing in particular (religion not important)33%55%12%2,266
Presbyterian Church (USA)81%10%9%377
Presbyterian Church in America82%8%10%138
Southern Baptist Convention88%5%7%1,754
Spiritual but not religious48%39%13%106
Unitarian16%63%21%135
United Church of Christ74%17%8%195
United Methodist Church86%8%7%1,504
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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