Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who are non-parents by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who are non-parents by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who are non-parents 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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Assemblies of God | 70% | 20% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 336 |
Churches of Christ | 51% | 34% | 3% | 9% | 3% | 376 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 56% | 27% | 3% | 10% | 4% | 610 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 54% | 32% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 138 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 40% | 40% | 4% | 11% | 4% | 377 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 49% | 35% | 10% | 5% | 1% | 134 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 54% | 34% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 444 |
Presbyterian Church in America | 30% | 41% | 5% | 18% | 7% | 134 |
Seventh-day Adventist | 42% | 38% | 7% | 5% | 8% | 121 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 62% | 22% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 1,465 |
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