Belief in Heaven among democrats and Democratic leaners by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among democrats and Democratic leaners by belief in heaven

% of democrats and Democratic leaners who …in heaven

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church96%2%2%107
American Baptist Churches USA95%4%1%198
Assemblies of God91%5%4%104
Church of God in Christ94%3%3%126
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints85%9%6%104
Churches of Christ85%8%7%191
Episcopal Church65%27%8%254
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)81%11%7%296
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)92%6%2%205
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod85%9%6%118
National Baptist Convention94%3%2%409
Nondenominational evangelical87%6%7%121
Nothing in particular (religion important)71%21%8%906
Nothing in particular (religion not important)28%62%10%1,650
Presbyterian Church (USA)80%15%6%195
Southern Baptist Convention90%5%5%460
Unitarian13%69%18%142
United Church of Christ67%22%12%138
United Methodist Church81%12%6%594
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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