Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be legal in all/most cases by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be legal in all/most cases by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who say abortion should be legal 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 | 54% | 32% | 1% | 10% | 3% | 102 |
Churches of Christ | 42% | 36% | 1% | 14% | 7% | 186 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 31% | 41% | 1% | 19% | 7% | 252 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 31% | 45% | 2% | 17% | 4% | 204 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 33% | 49% | 2% | 11% | 5% | 155 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 48% | 30% | 3% | 15% | 5% | 559 |
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