Interpreting scripture among moderates by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among moderates by interpretation of scripture
% of moderates 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 | 49% | 33% | 5% | 8% | 5% | 147 |
Assemblies of God | 62% | 26% | 3% | 7% | 2% | 106 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 33% | 52% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 169 |
Churches of Christ | 37% | 41% | 1% | 16% | 6% | 135 |
Episcopal Church | 6% | 34% | < 1% | 50% | 11% | 192 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 20% | 43% | 2% | 29% | 7% | 264 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 37% | 43% | 2% | 15% | 3% | 207 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 29% | 50% | 2% | 12% | 7% | 135 |
National Baptist Convention | 57% | 27% | 2% | 7% | 6% | 171 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 44% | 41% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 176 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 19% | 27% | 1% | 43% | 10% | 751 |
Nothing in particular (religion not important) | 3% | 10% | < 1% | 80% | 7% | 1,062 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 18% | 43% | 1% | 27% | 11% | 163 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 48% | 29% | 3% | 15% | 5% | 416 |
United Methodist Church | 19% | 47% | 2% | 23% | 9% | 624 |
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