Pew Research Center's Religious Landscape Study: 3.0.0

Religious Landscape Study

Social-and-political-views who say the following statement comes closer to their view it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values

Among social-and-political-views who say the following statement comes closer to their view it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values …

Religious composition

2023-24
2014
2007
Christians
of social-and-political-views who say the following statement comes closer to their view it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values identify as Christians.
  • Evangelical Protestant
    10%
    • Baptist family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Southern Baptist Convention
        10%
      • Independent Baptist (evangelical trad.)
        10%
      • Missionary Baptist (evangelical trad.)
        10%
      • Conservative Baptist Association of America
        10%
      • Free Will Baptist
        10%
      • General Association of Regular Baptist Churches
        10%
      • Other Baptist (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Methodist family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Global Methodist Church
        10%
      • Other Methodist (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Nondenominational family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Nondenominational evangelical
        10%
      • Nondenominational fundamentalist
        10%
      • Nondenominational charismatic
        10%
      • Interdenominational (evangelical trad.)
        10%
      • Community Church (evangelical trad.)
        10%
      • Other nondenominational (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Lutheran family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod
        10%
      • Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod
        10%
      • Other Lutheran (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Presbyterian family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Presbyterian Church in America
        10%
      • Other Presbyterian (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Pentecostal family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Assemblies of God
        10%
      • Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee)
        10%
      • Foursquare Church
        10%
      • Pentecostal Church of God
        10%
      • Pentecostal Holiness Church
        10%
      • Calvary Chapel
        10%
      • Apostolic Pentecostal (evangelical trad.)
        10%
      • Nondenominational Pentecostal (evangelical trad.)
        10%
      • United Pentecostal Church International
        10%
      • Other Pentecostal (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Episcopalian/Anglican family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
    • Restorationist family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Churches of Christ
        10%
      • Christian Churches and Churches of Christ
        10%
      • Other Restorationist (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Congregationalist family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Conservative Congregational Christian Conference
        10%
      • Other Congregationalist (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Holiness family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Church of the Nazarene
        10%
      • Wesleyan Church
        10%
      • Free Methodist Church
        10%
      • Christian and Missionary Alliance
        10%
      • Church of God (Anderson, Indiana)
        10%
      • Other Holiness (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Reformed family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Christian Reformed Church
        10%
      • Other Reformed (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Adventist family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Seventh-day Adventist
        10%
      • Other Adventist (evangelical trad.)
        10%
    • Anabaptist family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
    • Pietist family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
    • Friends family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
    • Other evangelical/Fundamentalist family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
    • Nonspecific Protestant family (evangelical trad.)
      10%
      • Nonspecific/Other Protestant family (evangelical trad.)
        10%
  • Mainline Protestant
    10%
    • Baptist family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • American Baptist Churches USA
        10%
      • Other Baptist (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Methodist family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • United Methodist Church
        10%
      • Other Methodist (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Nondenominational family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • Interdenominational (mainline trad.)
        10%
      • Other nondenominational (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Lutheran family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)
        10%
      • Other Lutheran (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Presbyterian family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • Presbyterian Church (USA)
        10%
      • Other Presbyterian (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Episcopalian/Anglican family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • Episcopal Church
        10%
      • Anglican Church
        10%
      • Other Episcopalian/Anglican (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Restorationist family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • Disciples of Christ
        10%
      • Other Restorationist (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Congregationalist family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • United Church of Christ
        10%
      • Other Congregationalist (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Reformed family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • Reformed Church in America
        10%
      • Other Reformed (mainline trad.)
        10%
    • Anabaptist family (mainline trad.)
      10%
    • Friends family (mainline trad.)
      10%
    • Nonspecific Protestant family (mainline trad.)
      10%
      • Nonspecific/Other Protestant family (mainline trad.)
        10%
  • Historically Black Protestant
    10%
    • Baptist family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
      10%
      • National Baptist Convention of America
        10%
      • National Baptist Convention, USA
        10%
      • Progressive National Baptist Convention
        10%
      • Independent Baptist (historically Black Protestant trad.)
        10%
      • Missionary Baptist (historically Black Protestant trad.)
        10%
      • Other Baptist (historically Black Protestant trad.)
        10%
    • Methodist family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
      10%
      • African Methodist Episcopal Church
        10%
      • African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
        10%
      • Christian Methodist Episcopal Church
        10%
      • Other Methodist (historically Black Protestant trad.)
        10%
    • Pentecostal family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
      10%
      • Church of God in Christ
        10%
      • Apostolic Pentecostal (historically Black Protestant trad.)
        10%
      • Other Pentecostal (historically Black Protestant trad.)
        10%
    • Holiness family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
      10%
    • Nondenominational family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
      10%
    • Nonspecific Protestant family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
      10%
      • Nonspecific/Other Protestant family (historically Black Protestant trad.)
        10%
  • Catholic
    10%
  • Latter-day Saint (Mormon)
    10%
  • Orthodox Christian
    10%
  • Jehovah's Witness
    10%
  • Other Christian
    10%
    • Metaphysical family
      10%
      • Spiritualist
        10%
      • Unity Church
        10%
      • Other metaphysical Christian ("Other Christian" trad.)
        10%
    • Others in the "Other Christian" tradition
      10%
Other religions
of social-and-political-views who say the following statement comes closer to their view it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values identify with other religions.
  • Jewish
    10%
  • Muslim
    10%
  • Buddhist
    10%
  • Hindu
    10%
  • Other world religions
    10%
  • Something else
    10%
    • Unitarians and other liberal faiths
      10%
      • Unitarian
        10%
      • Humanist
        10%
      • Deist
        10%
      • Spiritual but not religious
        10%
      • Eclectic/A bit of everything/"I have my own beliefs"
        10%
      • Other in the "Unitarian and other liberal faiths" family
        10%
    • New Age
      10%
      • Pagan or Wiccan
        10%
      • Other in the New Age family
        10%
    • Native American religions
      10%
Religiously unaffiliated
of social-and-political-views who say the following statement comes closer to their view it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values identify as religiously unaffiliated.
  • Atheist
    10%
  • Agnostic
    10%
  • Nothing in particular
    10%

Note: 10% did not answer the question. Figures may not sum to 100% due to rounding.
Margin of error for 2023-24 figures based on social-and-political-views who say the following statement comes closer to their view it is necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values is ±1.5 percentage points.

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Recommended citation: Pew Research Center. 2025. “2023-24 U.S. Religious Landscape Study Interactive Database.” doi: 10.58094/3zs9-jc14.