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

% of men who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA81%14%5%190
Assemblies of God88%7%5%197
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints60%29%10%333
Churches of Christ88%8%4%211
Episcopal Church44%40%16%237
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)62%28%10%286
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)84%11%5%409
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod75%16%9%222
National Baptist Convention90%6%3%177
Nondenominational evangelical87%6%7%349
Nothing in particular (religion important)57%34%8%1,074
Nothing in particular (religion not important)20%69%11%1,690
Presbyterian Church (USA)59%30%11%198
Southern Baptist Convention84%10%6%934
United Methodist Church65%25%9%710
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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