Interpreting scripture among baby Boomers by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among baby Boomers by interpretation of scripture
% of baby Boomers 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% | 22% | 6% | 9% | 8% | 194 |
Assemblies of God | 78% | 13% | 2% | 2% | 5% | 190 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 32% | 51% | 8% | 4% | 5% | 209 |
Churches of Christ | 54% | 31% | 3% | 9% | 4% | 182 |
Episcopal Church | 10% | 32% | 1% | 48% | 9% | 215 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 20% | 42% | 2% | 27% | 9% | 260 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 61% | 21% | 3% | 11% | 4% | 354 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 39% | 45% | 5% | 11% | 1% | 184 |
National Baptist Convention | 67% | 19% | 1% | 8% | 4% | 216 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 58% | 27% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 270 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 24% | 26% | 2% | 37% | 11% | 650 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 7% | 1% | 80% | 8% | 945 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 25% | 33% | 3% | 23% | 16% | 173 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 67% | 20% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 791 |
United Church of Christ | 7% | 40% | < 1% | 41% | 13% | 101 |
United Methodist Church | 29% | 39% | 3% | 22% | 7% | 677 |
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