Political ideology among who believe in Hell by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Hell by political ideology

% of who believe in Hell who are…

Religious denominationConservativeModerateLiberalDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA46%35%14%5%370
Assemblies of God63%22%11%4%409
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)60%26%11%3%103
Church of God in Christ42%32%23%3%153
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints64%27%6%3%367
Churches of Christ53%29%10%8%415
Episcopal Church43%36%19%2%181
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)37%38%23%2%364
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)57%28%9%6%699
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)50%32%13%4%148
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod56%33%8%3%339
National Baptist Convention33%38%25%5%400
Nondenominational charismatic58%28%10%4%150
Nondenominational evangelical66%24%7%2%561
Nothing in particular (religion important)29%36%23%12%1,019
Nothing in particular (religion not important)22%40%29%9%530
Presbyterian Church (USA)51%29%18%2%209
Southern Baptist Convention64%23%9%4%1,594
United Methodist Church51%36%10%3%1,004
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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