Parent of children under 18 among who believe in Heaven by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Heaven by parental status

% of who believe in Heaven who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church36%64%106
American Baptist Churches USA31%69%421
Assemblies of God35%65%416
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)32%68%107
Church of God in Christ36%64%154
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints42%58%602
Churches of Christ31%69%457
Episcopal Church22%78%327
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)25%75%539
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)29%71%719
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)32%68%179
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)34%66%105
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod22%78%395
National Baptist Convention26%74%435
Nondenominational charismatic34%66%158
Nondenominational evangelical38%62%544
Nothing in particular (religion important)33%67%1,391
Nothing in particular (religion not important)31%69%809
Presbyterian Church (USA)20%80%330
Presbyterian Church in America14%86%122
Seventh-day Adventist32%68%139
Southern Baptist Convention25%75%1,621
United Church of Christ23%77%155
United Methodist Church24%76%1,368
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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