Parent of children under 18 among adults who read scripture at least once a week by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who read scripture at least once a week by parental status

% of adults who read scripture at least once a week who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA34%66%237
Assemblies of God34%66%359
Church of God in Christ35%65%114
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints43%57%496
Churches of Christ32%68%303
Episcopal Church24%76%113
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)17%83%188
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)29%71%506
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)35%65%138
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod22%78%182
National Baptist Convention24%76%315
Nondenominational charismatic30%70%142
Nondenominational evangelical38%62%495
Nothing in particular (religion important)38%62%425
Nothing in particular (religion not important)31%69%112
Presbyterian Church (USA)22%78%167
Seventh-day Adventist33%67%122
Southern Baptist Convention24%76%1,207
United Methodist Church23%77%639
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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