Immigrant status among who believe in Heaven by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Heaven by immigrant status

% of who believe in Heaven who are…

Religious denominationImmigrantsSecond generationThird generation or higherSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church1%2%97%106
American Baptist Churches USA8%4%88%411
Assemblies of God21%8%71%408
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)20%12%67%107
Church of God in Christ16%2%81%151
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints7%6%87%599
Churches of Christ6%6%88%453
Episcopal Church6%9%85%325
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)3%8%89%535
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)4%6%90%714
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)5%11%84%176
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)4%9%87%104
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod2%6%92%395
National Baptist Convention3%1%96%425
Nondenominational charismatic5%10%85%157
Nondenominational evangelical9%12%79%543
Nothing in particular (religion important)14%8%78%1,364
Nothing in particular (religion not important)11%11%77%791
Presbyterian Church (USA)10%4%85%330
Presbyterian Church in America2%12%86%122
Seventh-day Adventist35%12%53%135
Southern Baptist Convention2%2%96%1,612
United Church of Christ7%7%86%154
United Methodist Church4%4%92%1,363
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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