Views about human evolution among who believe in Heaven by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among who believe in Heaven by views about human evolution

% of who believe in Heaven 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
African Methodist Episcopal Church15%34%5%42%4%106
American Baptist Churches USA22%31%2%41%4%421
Assemblies of God7%23%3%64%4%416
Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)9%18%1%66%6%107
Church of God in Christ11%26%5%54%4%155
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints9%30%1%53%7%605
Churches of Christ15%29%1%51%4%457
Episcopal Church34%42%5%14%5%327
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)19%42%4%33%3%539
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)12%28%1%54%4%722
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)8%26%4%60%2%179
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)25%45%3%24%3%105
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod17%33%2%45%3%397
National Baptist Convention16%31%4%44%5%438
Nondenominational charismatic5%22%2%69%2%158
Nondenominational evangelical3%26%1%67%4%548
Nothing in particular (religion important)29%29%4%34%4%1,396
Nothing in particular (religion not important)50%22%4%19%4%811
Presbyterian Church (USA)26%37%3%30%5%331
Presbyterian Church in America15%36%4%42%3%122
Seventh-day Adventist6%20%1%67%6%139
Southern Baptist Convention12%24%2%57%4%1,627
United Church of Christ29%31%2%32%7%156
United Methodist Church20%36%3%37%5%1,370
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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