Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never 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 | 36% | 31% | 7% | 17% | 8% | 199 |
Episcopal Church | 10% | 31% | 1% | 53% | 6% | 331 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 14% | 41% | 1% | 37% | 8% | 363 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 16% | 37% | 3% | 34% | 10% | 210 |
United Church of Christ | 5% | 28% | < 1% | 55% | 12% | 137 |
United Methodist Church | 16% | 43% | 2% | 30% | 8% | 848 |
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