Generational cohort among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally by generational group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God but should not be taken literally who are…
Religious denomination | Younger Millennial | Older Millennial | Generation X | Baby Boomer | Silent | Greatest | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 20% | 18% | 26% | 30% | 5% | 1% | 131 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 17% | 18% | 31% | 25% | 8% | 1% | 350 |
Churches of Christ | 21% | 12% | 28% | 29% | 9% | 1% | 161 |
Episcopal Church | 10% | 5% | 22% | 40% | 21% | 2% | 157 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 12% | 3% | 27% | 37% | 19% | 2% | 279 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 17% | 12% | 35% | 27% | 10% | < 1% | 212 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 10% | 8% | 27% | 38% | 15% | 1% | 172 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 23% | 21% | 26% | 25% | 5% | < 1% | 234 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 21% | 20% | 28% | 28% | 4% | < 1% | 458 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 24% | 19% | 33% | 18% | 6% | < 1% | 208 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 11% | 6% | 24% | 32% | 26% | 2% | 167 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 12% | 13% | 26% | 33% | 16% | < 1% | 426 |
United Methodist Church | 8% | 6% | 27% | 35% | 22% | 2% | 682 |
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