Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groups among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by attendance at prayer groups

% of adults who believe in God with absolute certainty 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%32%< 1%105
American Baptist Churches USA35%19%10%36%< 1%379
Assemblies of God55%13%6%25%< 1%421
Church of God in Christ57%13%9%19%2%154
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints76%6%2%15%< 1%561
Churches of Christ49%15%7%29%< 1%414
Episcopal Church14%10%11%65%1%279
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)21%10%14%54%< 1%456
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)42%15%8%34%1%722
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)48%13%12%27%< 1%181
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod26%15%8%50%1%377
National Baptist Convention56%13%10%20%< 1%429
Nondenominational charismatic51%17%9%23%< 1%173
Nondenominational evangelical54%14%11%21%< 1%629
Nondenominational fundamentalist41%16%6%35%2%100
Nothing in particular (religion important)17%9%8%66%< 1%1,145
Nothing in particular (religion not important)4%4%5%87%1%525
Presbyterian Church (USA)34%12%12%42%< 1%294
Presbyterian Church in America35%14%13%37%< 1%119
Seventh-day Adventist53%11%12%22%2%149
Southern Baptist Convention47%13%11%28%1%1,663
United Church of Christ33%12%10%45%< 1%132
United Methodist Church31%13%12%44%< 1%1,165
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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