Views about government aid to the poor among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally by views about government aid to the poor
% of adults who say their holy scripture is the word of God and should be taken literally who say government aid to the poor…
Religious denomination | Does more harm than good | Does more good than harm | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 44% | 51% | 4% | 1% | 233 |
Assemblies of God | 55% | 40% | 2% | 3% | 336 |
Church of God in Christ | 36% | 57% | 4% | 2% | 110 |
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | 72% | 23% | 4% | 2% | 201 |
Churches of Christ | 53% | 41% | 4% | 3% | 249 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 54% | 45% | 1% | < 1% | 118 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 63% | 30% | 5% | 2% | 473 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 69% | 26% | 2% | 3% | 190 |
National Baptist Convention | 22% | 71% | 3% | 3% | 301 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 65% | 33% | 1% | < 1% | 101 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 66% | 28% | 4% | 2% | 359 |
Nothing in particular (religion important) | 39% | 54% | 4% | 3% | 436 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 65% | 30% | 3% | 2% | 1,157 |
United Methodist Church | 61% | 34% | 2% | 2% | 393 |
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