Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groups among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by attendance at prayer groups

% of who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong who attend prayer group…

Religious denominationAt least once a weekOnce or twice a monthSeveral times a yearSeldom/neverDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA45%19%11%24%< 1%194
Assemblies of God58%15%5%21%< 1%345
Church of God in Christ68%10%8%14%1%102
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints85%6%2%7%< 1%420
Churches of Christ59%17%3%21%< 1%280
Episcopal Church27%10%17%46%< 1%102
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)26%15%15%44%< 1%215
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)54%12%8%25%2%475
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)51%11%15%23%< 1%129
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod38%20%9%32%1%209
National Baptist Convention64%10%8%17%< 1%243
Nondenominational charismatic60%11%8%20%< 1%134
Nondenominational evangelical59%14%11%16%< 1%499
Nothing in particular (religion important)30%11%6%53%< 1%352
Presbyterian Church (USA)43%17%9%30%< 1%154
Seventh-day Adventist57%14%7%19%3%116
Southern Baptist Convention58%13%9%20%< 1%1,155
United Methodist Church42%16%11%31%< 1%609
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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