Sources of guidance on right and wrong among Evangelical Protestants who say the holy scripture is word of God; should be taken literally by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say the holy scripture is word of God; should be taken literally by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of Evangelical Protestants who say the holy scripture is word of God; should be taken literally who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God83%< 1%15%1%1%336
Churches of Christ68%2%26%3%1%249
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)69%3%24%2%3%473
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod59%8%29%1%3%190
Nondenominational charismatic82%1%14%2%2%101
Nondenominational evangelical87%2%10%< 1%1%359
Southern Baptist Convention71%3%24%1%1%1,157
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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