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 family | 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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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 |
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