Views about human evolution among non-parents by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among non-parents by views about human evolution

% of non-parents 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 USA21%31%3%41%4%359
Assemblies of God6%22%4%64%4%336
Church of God in Christ12%26%10%47%5%113
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints13%28%2%49%8%401
Churches of Christ17%27%2%48%6%376
Episcopal Church40%36%7%11%5%412
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)21%40%5%31%4%527
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)11%28%1%55%5%610
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)7%23%5%63%2%138
Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.)32%34%6%23%5%104
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod18%32%3%45%3%377
National Baptist Convention15%26%5%49%5%358
Nondenominational charismatic5%21%3%67%4%134
Nondenominational evangelical4%25%1%67%3%444
Nothing in particular (religion important)35%25%6%29%5%1,437
Nothing in particular (religion not important)68%12%5%12%3%2,304
Presbyterian Church (USA)29%34%3%29%5%354
Presbyterian Church in America18%36%4%38%4%134
Seventh-day Adventist4%15%2%71%7%121
Southern Baptist Convention11%23%3%58%5%1,465
Spiritual but not religious29%31%7%21%12%105
Unitarian75%9%6%7%3%130
United Church of Christ36%27%4%28%4%191
United Methodist Church22%33%4%34%6%1,323
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