Interpreting scripture among adults who attend prayer groups at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who attend prayer groups at least once a week by interpretation of scripture
% of adults who attend prayer groups at least once a week 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 | 66% | 22% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 160 |
Assemblies of God | 78% | 16% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 251 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 34% | 58% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 459 |
Churches of Christ | 62% | 25% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 233 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 36% | 42% | 4% | 11% | 7% | 119 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 73% | 18% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 350 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 67% | 23% | 4% | 1% | 5% | 110 |
National Baptist Convention | 73% | 18% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 262 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 65% | 25% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 351 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 57% | 17% | 4% | 16% | 7% | 231 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 40% | 37% | 5% | 12% | 7% | 112 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 76% | 16% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 888 |
United Methodist Church | 48% | 33% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 418 |
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