Racial and ethnic composition among who believe in Heaven by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Heaven by race/ethnicity

% of who believe in Heaven who identify as…

Religious denominationWhiteBlackAsianLatinoOther/MixedSample size
African Methodist Episcopal Church3%95%< 1%< 1%3%106
American Baptist Churches USA73%11%1%10%5%417
Assemblies of God65%3%< 1%26%5%414
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)66%3%1%27%3%106
Church of God in Christ5%83%< 1%8%4%153
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints85%1%2%8%5%597
Churches of Christ68%16%1%11%4%453
Episcopal Church89%4%1%3%2%326
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)95%2%1%1%1%534
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)88%< 1%1%6%5%716
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)57%27%4%8%4%179
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)72%14%< 1%10%5%102
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod95%2%< 1%1%2%395
National Baptist Convention< 1%99%< 1%1%< 1%438
Nondenominational charismatic67%14%< 1%12%7%156
Nondenominational evangelical71%8%3%13%5%545
Nothing in particular (religion important)54%20%2%18%5%1,370
Nothing in particular (religion not important)68%11%4%12%4%801
Presbyterian Church (USA)87%5%4%4%1%329
Presbyterian Church in America78%7%2%6%6%119
Seventh-day Adventist38%34%9%13%6%135
Southern Baptist Convention85%6%< 1%3%5%1,613
United Church of Christ87%9%< 1%1%2%154
United Methodist Church94%1%1%2%2%1,365
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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