Frequency of meditation among who believe in Heaven by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Heaven by frequency of meditation

% of who believe in Heaven who meditate…

Religious denominationAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral times a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church58%5%4%32%< 1%106
American Baptist Churches USA43%8%4%46%1%421
Assemblies of God61%5%3%30%1%416
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)57%8%2%32%1%107
Church of God in Christ63%4%5%26%1%155
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints61%10%1%26%2%605
Churches of Christ42%8%3%46%2%457
Episcopal Church39%12%4%44%1%327
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)31%11%4%53%1%539
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)39%7%3%49%3%722
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)50%9%3%36%2%179
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)40%10%7%41%1%105
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod40%6%4%50%1%397
National Baptist Convention62%11%3%22%2%438
Nondenominational charismatic59%10%2%28%1%158
Nondenominational evangelical50%6%4%39%1%548
Nothing in particular (religion important)31%9%4%55%2%1,396
Nothing in particular (religion not important)21%8%4%65%1%811
Presbyterian Church (USA)39%9%4%47%1%331
Presbyterian Church in America52%10%5%32%1%122
Seventh-day Adventist61%10%2%25%2%139
Southern Baptist Convention47%6%2%43%2%1,627
United Church of Christ48%9%4%37%1%156
United Methodist Church41%9%4%45%1%1,370
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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