Interpreting scripture among adults with a household income of less than $30,000 by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults with a household income of less than $30,000 by interpretation of scripture
% of adults with a household income of less than $30,000 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 | 60% | 23% | 3% | 10% | 4% | 181 |
Assemblies of God | 75% | 19% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 167 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 40% | 47% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 129 |
Churches of Christ | 48% | 33% | 2% | 12% | 5% | 145 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 53% | 27% | 4% | 12% | 4% | 251 |
National Baptist Convention | 70% | 14% | 2% | 9% | 4% | 177 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 56% | 31% | 2% | 4% | 7% | 121 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 31% | 23% | 2% | 36% | 9% | 738 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 8% | 12% | < 1% | 69% | 10% | 668 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 59% | 24% | 5% | 8% | 4% | 474 |
United Methodist Church | 41% | 33% | 3% | 14% | 9% | 295 |
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