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

% of married adults who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA80%16%4%209
Assemblies of God91%4%5%266
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints63%30%7%440
Churches of Christ84%10%6%263
Episcopal Church38%49%13%298
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)59%31%10%393
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)84%11%5%482
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)66%18%16%105
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod77%14%9%269
National Baptist Convention87%9%5%167
Nondenominational evangelical85%6%9%449
Nothing in particular (religion important)50%42%9%796
Nothing in particular (religion not important)17%73%10%1,284
Presbyterian Church (USA)54%36%10%283
Southern Baptist Convention87%7%7%1,107
United Church of Christ48%45%7%136
United Methodist Church65%26%10%987
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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