Generational cohort among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by generational group
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should 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 | 10% | 8% | 24% | 40% | 17% | 2% | 230 |
Assemblies of God | 6% | 11% | 23% | 40% | 17% | 2% | 329 |
Church of God in Christ | 6% | 18% | 28% | 38% | 10% | < 1% | 108 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 11% | 15% | 33% | 27% | 13% | 1% | 195 |
Churches of Christ | 10% | 12% | 21% | 34% | 21% | 2% | 247 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 1% | 2% | 18% | 38% | 31% | 10% | 113 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 8% | 5% | 28% | 43% | 14% | < 1% | 462 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 6% | 4% | 24% | 34% | 28% | 3% | 185 |
National Baptist Convention | 5% | 4% | 27% | 45% | 17% | 1% | 298 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 6% | 15% | 34% | 36% | 8% | < 1% | 355 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 12% | 20% | 37% | 25% | 6% | < 1% | 432 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 5% | 7% | 23% | 43% | 20% | 2% | 1,137 |
United Methodist Church | 5% | 7% | 23% | 40% | 22% | 4% | 385 |
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