Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who attend religious services once or twice a month/a few times a year by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family 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 familyWord of God; should be taken literallyWord of God; not everything taken literallyWord of God; other/don't knowNot the word of GodOther/don't knowSample size
Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)44%32%4%15%5%254
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)14%25%1%51%10%120
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)9%36%< 1%48%6%295
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)13%38%1%35%12%420
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)18%43%2%29%8%660
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)8%43%3%32%15%180
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)20%34%2%31%12%220
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)15%38%2%31%14%292
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.

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