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

% of whites who …in hell

Religious denominationBelieveDon't believeOther/don't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA82%14%4%352
Assemblies of God89%7%4%321
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints61%30%8%555
Churches of Christ86%7%6%355
Episcopal Church41%46%13%443
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)59%31%10%609
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)85%10%5%713
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)71%17%11%124
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)54%40%5%102
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod75%18%7%426
Nondenominational charismatic81%13%6%118
Nondenominational evangelical84%7%9%532
Nothing in particular (religion important)55%37%8%1,147
Nothing in particular (religion not important)20%71%10%2,247
Presbyterian Church (USA)51%38%11%384
Presbyterian Church in America64%26%10%129
Southern Baptist Convention87%7%6%1,553
Unitarian6%85%9%148
United Church of Christ42%49%9%206
United Methodist Church64%26%10%1,532
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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