Importance of religion in one's life among adults who attend services weekly or more by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who attend services weekly or more by importance of religion

% of adults who attend services weekly or more who say religion is…

Religious denominationVery importantSomewhat importantNot too importantNot at all importantDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA88%10%< 1%< 1%1%202
Assemblies of God94%4%< 1%< 1%2%314
Church of God in Christ93%6%< 1%1%< 1%123
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints96%4%< 1%< 1%< 1%500
Churches of Christ91%8%< 1%< 1%< 1%280
Episcopal Church76%21%3%< 1%< 1%168
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)87%13%< 1%< 1%< 1%266
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)93%6%< 1%< 1%1%439
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)89%7%1%< 1%3%123
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod90%10%< 1%< 1%< 1%221
National Baptist Convention99%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%297
Nondenominational charismatic92%6%< 1%< 1%2%122
Nondenominational evangelical94%3%1%1%< 1%487
Nothing in particular (religion important)82%18%< 1%< 1%< 1%220
Presbyterian Church (USA)91%9%< 1%< 1%< 1%213
Seventh-day Adventist97%3%< 1%< 1%< 1%115
Southern Baptist Convention95%5%< 1%< 1%< 1%1,109
United Methodist Church88%10%< 1%< 1%1%761
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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