Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who attend religious services once or twice a month/a few times a year by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who attend religious services once or twice a month/a few times a year by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who attend religious services once or twice a month/a few times a year who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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American Baptist Churches USA | 47% | 29% | 5% | 14% | 5% | 190 |
Episcopal Church | 7% | 32% | < 1% | 53% | 7% | 239 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 16% | 42% | 1% | 31% | 10% | 299 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 14% | 39% | 3% | 31% | 13% | 164 |
United Methodist Church | 18% | 45% | 2% | 27% | 8% | 615 |
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