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

% of parents who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA86%11%3%108
Assemblies of God89%5%6%124
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints63%29%7%237
Churches of Christ88%6%5%122
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)55%40%6%114
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)85%11%5%212
National Baptist Convention82%14%4%101
Nondenominational evangelical85%5%10%235
Nothing in particular (religion important)58%35%7%572
Nothing in particular (religion not important)27%66%8%652
Southern Baptist Convention85%8%7%374
United Methodist Church69%22%9%312
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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