Interpreting scripture among who believe in Hell by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Hell by interpretation of scripture
% of who believe in Hell 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 | 56% | 28% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 370 |
Assemblies of God | 74% | 18% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 409 |
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 86% | 11% | 2% | < 1% | 1% | 103 |
Church of God in Christ | 68% | 25% | 3% | 4% | < 1% | 153 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 35% | 55% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 367 |
Churches of Christ | 51% | 35% | 4% | 8% | 3% | 415 |
Episcopal Church | 16% | 45% | 1% | 30% | 8% | 181 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 26% | 48% | 2% | 19% | 4% | 364 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 29% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 699 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 57% | 31% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 148 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 47% | 40% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 339 |
National Baptist Convention | 65% | 22% | 2% | 7% | 5% | 400 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 58% | 33% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 150 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 55% | 35% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 561 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 33% | 30% | 2% | 27% | 8% | 1,019 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 13% | 19% | 1% | 55% | 11% | 530 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 36% | 40% | 3% | 13% | 8% | 209 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 64% | 23% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 1,594 |
United Methodist Church | 36% | 45% | 3% | 11% | 6% | 1,004 |
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