Interpreting scripture among Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never by religious group (2014) Switch to: Religious family among Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never by interpretation of scripture
% of Mainline Protestants who attend prayer group seldom/never 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.) | 31% | 29% | 5% | 26% | 9% | 316 |
Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 5% | 29% | 3% | 54% | 10% | 170 |
Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.) | 9% | 33% | 1% | 50% | 7% | 424 |
Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.) | 13% | 37% | 1% | 39% | 10% | 551 |
Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.) | 17% | 41% | 2% | 32% | 8% | 934 |
Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.) | 8% | 33% | 2% | 43% | 15% | 251 |
Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.) | 13% | 27% | 3% | 44% | 13% | 499 |
Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.) | 14% | 33% | 3% | 39% | 12% | 403 |
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