Political ideology among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who believe in God with absolute certainty by political ideology

% of adults who believe in God with absolute certainty who are…

Religious denominationConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church25%46%21%8%105
American Baptist Churches USA43%34%17%6%379
Assemblies of God61%24%10%5%421
Church of God in Christ43%31%21%5%154
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints65%25%7%3%561
Churches of Christ55%26%11%8%414
Episcopal Church35%35%28%2%279
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)37%40%21%2%456
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)58%27%8%6%722
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)49%32%16%4%181
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod57%32%8%4%377
National Baptist Convention36%37%22%5%429
Nondenominational charismatic58%27%10%5%173
Nondenominational evangelical66%24%8%2%629
Nondenominational fundamentalist65%23%10%2%100
Nothing in particular (religion important)30%32%27%11%1,145
Nothing in particular (religion not important)22%34%32%12%525
Presbyterian Church (USA)43%35%19%3%294
Presbyterian Church in America49%41%8%3%119
Seventh-day Adventist37%30%21%11%149
Southern Baptist Convention68%20%8%4%1,663
United Church of Christ29%41%27%3%132
United Methodist Church50%36%12%3%1,165
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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