Belief in Hell by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination by belief in hell

% of adults who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church83%12%5%117
American Baptist Churches USA82%13%5%467
Anglican Church55%33%11%111
Assemblies of God88%7%5%460
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)93%4%3%111
Church of God in Christ92%2%7%165
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints62%30%8%641
Church of the Nazarene83%5%12%101
Churches of Christ86%9%6%498
Episcopal Church42%46%13%494
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)59%30%11%641
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)85%10%4%825
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)73%15%12%206
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)54%39%7%139
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod75%18%7%459
National Baptist Convention84%11%5%462
Nondenominational charismatic83%10%7%187
Nondenominational evangelical84%7%9%684
Nondenominational fundamentalist78%10%12%107
Nothing in particular (religion important)55%36%9%2,015
Nothing in particular (religion not important)22%69%10%2,969
Presbyterian Church (USA)54%35%11%428
Presbyterian Church in America64%25%11%158
Seventh-day Adventist52%39%9%165
Southern Baptist Convention86%8%6%1,845
Spiritual but not religious30%61%9%128
Unitarian6%84%10%165
United Church of Christ44%46%10%227
United Methodist Church64%26%10%1,637
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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