Interpreting scripture among conservatives by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among conservatives by interpretation of scripture
% of conservatives 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 | 62% | 22% | 3% | 10% | 4% | 213 |
Assemblies of God | 79% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 287 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 32% | 58% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 407 |
Churches of Christ | 60% | 30% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 265 |
Episcopal Church | 20% | 34% | 2% | 36% | 7% | 148 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 27% | 47% | 2% | 17% | 6% | 214 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 66% | 22% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 495 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 51% | 37% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 261 |
National Baptist Convention | 73% | 14% | 2% | 5% | 6% | 159 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 63% | 29% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | 109 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 60% | 32% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 442 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 33% | 22% | 2% | 34% | 9% | 528 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 6% | 11% | 1% | 72% | 11% | 494 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 36% | 36% | 5% | 18% | 6% | 153 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 69% | 22% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 1,214 |
United Methodist Church | 38% | 38% | 4% | 12% | 7% | 724 |
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