Interpreting scripture among 50-64 year olds by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among 50-64 year olds by interpretation of scripture
% of 50-64 year olds who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 57% | 21% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 153 |
Assemblies of God | 78% | 15% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 150 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 32% | 50% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 163 |
Churches of Christ | 54% | 30% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 147 |
Episcopal Church | 7% | 33% | 1% | 51% | 8% | 155 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 21% | 42% | 2% | 26% | 9% | 196 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 22% | 3% | 12% | 5% | 283 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 37% | 46% | 5% | 12% | 1% | 144 |
National Baptist Convention | 65% | 21% | 1% | 9% | 5% | 170 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 61% | 25% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 235 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 24% | 27% | 3% | 36% | 10% | 550 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 7% | 1% | 80% | 8% | 753 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 29% | 29% | 3% | 22% | 17% | 124 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 67% | 21% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 629 |
United Methodist Church | 30% | 38% | 3% | 21% | 8% | 516 |
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