Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groups by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination by attendance at prayer groups

% of adults who attend prayer group…

Religious denominationAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral times a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church35%17%16%33%< 1%117
American Baptist Churches USA33%17%10%40%< 1%467
Anglican Church24%9%8%59%< 1%111
Assemblies of God53%15%7%26%< 1%460
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)65%8%9%19%< 1%111
Church of God in Christ54%13%9%23%1%165
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints71%7%2%19%< 1%641
Church of the Nazarene41%20%7%31%1%101
Churches of Christ43%15%8%33%< 1%498
Episcopal Church10%8%9%71%1%494
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)16%9%12%63%< 1%641
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)39%13%8%39%1%825
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)44%13%14%30%< 1%206
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)18%7%9%67%< 1%139
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod23%13%10%53%1%459
National Baptist Convention54%14%10%23%< 1%462
Nondenominational charismatic50%15%9%25%< 1%187
Nondenominational evangelical51%14%11%24%< 1%684
Nondenominational fundamentalist37%16%5%40%2%107
Nothing in particular (religion important)12%8%7%73%< 1%2,015
Nothing in particular (religion not important)2%1%2%94%< 1%2,969
Presbyterian Church (USA)26%14%11%49%< 1%428
Presbyterian Church in America30%14%12%44%< 1%158
Seventh-day Adventist51%12%10%24%2%165
Southern Baptist Convention44%12%10%33%< 1%1,845
Spiritual but not religious14%4%5%76%< 1%128
Unitarian5%7%12%73%3%165
United Church of Christ22%12%9%57%< 1%227
United Methodist Church25%11%11%53%< 1%1,637
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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