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

% of conservatives who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA86%11%3%213
Assemblies of God92%4%4%287
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints64%30%6%407
Churches of Christ89%6%5%265
Episcopal Church57%27%16%148
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)68%23%10%214
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)88%7%5%495
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod80%12%9%261
National Baptist Convention78%14%8%159
Nondenominational charismatic85%9%6%109
Nondenominational evangelical89%3%8%442
Nothing in particular (religion important)61%31%9%528
Nothing in particular (religion not important)26%62%11%494
Presbyterian Church (USA)70%22%7%153
Southern Baptist Convention87%6%7%1,214
United Methodist Church73%19%8%724
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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