Views about human evolution among adults who attend services weekly or more by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among adults who attend services weekly or more by views about human evolution

% of adults who attend services weekly or more who say humans…

Religious denominationEvolved; due to natural processesEvolved; due to God's designEvolved; don't know howAlways existed in present formDon't knowSample size
American Baptist Churches USA16%31%1%48%4%202
Assemblies of God5%20%2%70%3%314
Church of God in Christ9%27%8%51%5%123
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints5%29%1%58%7%500
Churches of Christ12%22%1%59%6%280
Episcopal Church26%45%6%17%7%168
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)15%45%3%32%5%266
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)4%17%1%74%5%439
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)5%21%2%67%5%123
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod12%26%3%54%4%221
National Baptist Convention12%26%5%50%6%297
Nondenominational charismatic3%16%3%76%3%122
Nondenominational evangelical2%21%< 1%73%3%487
Nothing in particular (religion important)15%35%4%44%3%220
Presbyterian Church (USA)19%38%4%32%7%213
Seventh-day Adventist1%13%1%75%10%115
Southern Baptist Convention6%17%2%70%5%1,109
United Methodist Church12%34%4%44%6%761
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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