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

% of non-parents who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA80%14%6%359
Assemblies of God87%8%5%336
Church of God in Christ93%< 1%7%113
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints60%31%9%401
Churches of Christ84%10%6%376
Episcopal Church42%44%13%412
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)60%27%12%527
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)86%10%4%610
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)78%11%11%138
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)52%42%6%104
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod72%20%8%377
National Baptist Convention85%10%5%358
Nondenominational charismatic78%12%9%134
Nondenominational evangelical83%9%9%444
Nothing in particular (religion important)54%37%9%1,437
Nothing in particular (religion not important)20%70%10%2,304
Presbyterian Church (USA)54%35%11%354
Presbyterian Church in America63%27%10%134
Seventh-day Adventist52%39%9%121
Southern Baptist Convention86%8%6%1,465
Spiritual but not religious24%67%8%105
Unitarian8%83%9%130
United Church of Christ41%48%11%191
United Methodist Church62%28%10%1,323
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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