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

% of baby Boomers who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA81%15%4%194
Assemblies of God89%3%8%190
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints57%35%8%209
Churches of Christ85%10%5%182
Episcopal Church45%43%13%215
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)61%25%14%260
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)83%12%4%354
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod75%18%7%184
National Baptist Convention84%11%5%216
Nondenominational evangelical85%7%8%270
Nothing in particular (religion important)50%38%12%650
Nothing in particular (religion not important)18%72%10%945
Presbyterian Church (USA)56%36%9%173
Southern Baptist Convention85%8%7%791
United Church of Christ44%46%10%101
United Methodist Church66%27%7%677
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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