Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who read scripture seldom/never by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who read scripture seldom/never by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who read scripture 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 | 40% | 29% | 5% | 20% | 7% | 129 |
Episcopal Church | 6% | 28% | 1% | 60% | 6% | 256 |
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | 11% | 39% | < 1% | 40% | 10% | 252 |
Presbyterian Church (USA) | 14% | 32% | 4% | 42% | 9% | 157 |
United Church of Christ | 5% | 20% | 1% | 63% | 10% | 108 |
United Methodist Church | 14% | 43% | 2% | 35% | 6% | 582 |
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