Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be illegal in all/most cases by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be illegal in all/most cases by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be illegal in all/most cases 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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Assemblies of God | 79% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 346 |
Churches of Christ | 53% | 31% | 5% | 9% | 2% | 297 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 66% | 23% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 542 |
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 48% | 40% | 5% | 3% | 4% | 100 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 47% | 38% | 5% | 5% | 4% | 239 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 60% | 32% | 6% | 2% | < 1% | 137 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 59% | 32% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 518 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 68% | 22% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 1,214 |
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