Interpreting scripture among parents by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among parents by interpretation of scripture
% of 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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American Baptist Churches USA | 50% | 35% | 3% | 10% | 1% | 108 |
Assemblies of God | 74% | 21% | < 1% | 3% | 2% | 124 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 31% | 56% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 237 |
Churches of Christ | 43% | 30% | 5% | 15% | 7% | 122 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 13% | 45% | < 1% | 36% | 7% | 114 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 47% | 33% | 2% | 12% | 6% | 212 |
National Baptist Convention | 58% | 22% | < 1% | 12% | 6% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 53% | 37% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 235 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 27% | 24% | 2% | 36% | 11% | 572 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 4% | 9% | < 1% | 78% | 8% | 652 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 58% | 28% | 4% | 9% | 1% | 374 |
United Methodist Church | 25% | 46% | 2% | 19% | 8% | 312 |
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