Belief in Heaven among adults who say religion is very important by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say religion is very important by belief in heaven

% of adults who say religion is very important who …in heaven

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA94%3%4%338
Assemblies of God91%2%6%408
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)98%< 1%2%101
Church of God in Christ95%3%2%144
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints98%1%1%543
Churches of Christ95%2%3%374
Episcopal Church83%11%6%244
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)90%3%7%408
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)91%4%4%631
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)90%4%6%167
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod89%4%8%316
National Baptist Convention95%3%3%427
Nondenominational charismatic88%6%6%151
Nondenominational evangelical83%7%10%581
Nothing in particular (religion important)80%13%7%753
Presbyterian Church (USA)89%3%8%269
Presbyterian Church in America80%7%13%106
Seventh-day Adventist86%7%6%140
Southern Baptist Convention89%4%7%1,516
United Church of Christ85%10%5%128
United Methodist Church90%5%5%1,021
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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