Interpreting scripture among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong by interpretation of scripture
% of who say religion is their primary source of guidance on what's right and wrong 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 | 58% | 28% | 4% | 8% | 3% | 194 |
Assemblies of God | 80% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 345 |
Church of God in Christ | 74% | 18% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 102 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 38% | 55% | 6% | < 1% | 1% | 420 |
Churches of Christ | 63% | 28% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 280 |
Episcopal Church | 16% | 50% | 1% | 22% | 12% | 102 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 34% | 49% | 2% | 9% | 6% | 215 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 71% | 21% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 475 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 58% | 34% | 3% | 1% | 4% | 129 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 58% | 33% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 209 |
National Baptist Convention | 73% | 18% | 2% | 1% | 6% | 243 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 62% | 30% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 134 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 62% | 30% | 4% | 1% | 2% | 499 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 55% | 23% | 3% | 12% | 6% | 352 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 40% | 45% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 154 |
Seventh-day Adventist | 53% | 33% | 7% | < 1% | 7% | 116 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 72% | 20% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 1,155 |
United Methodist Church | 44% | 41% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 609 |
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