Interpreting scripture among men by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among men by interpretation of scripture
% of men 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 | 51% | 26% | 4% | 12% | 7% | 190 |
Assemblies of God | 66% | 26% | 1% | 5% | 2% | 197 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 28% | 57% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 333 |
Churches of Christ | 42% | 37% | 4% | 13% | 4% | 211 |
Episcopal Church | 9% | 34% | 1% | 46% | 9% | 237 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 15% | 45% | 1% | 31% | 7% | 286 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 54% | 28% | 2% | 11% | 4% | 409 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 37% | 39% | 4% | 14% | 6% | 222 |
National Baptist Convention | 66% | 20% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 177 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 50% | 35% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 349 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 23% | 24% | 2% | 41% | 10% | 1,074 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 5% | 8% | < 1% | 79% | 7% | 1,690 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 23% | 36% | 3% | 29% | 9% | 198 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 57% | 25% | 3% | 11% | 4% | 934 |
United Methodist Church | 25% | 40% | 3% | 24% | 9% | 710 |
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