Parent of children under 18 among Mainline Protestants who believe in Hell by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who believe in Hell by parental status

% of Mainline Protestants who believe in Hell who are…

Religious denominationParentsNon-parentsSample size
American Baptist Churches USA32%68%370
Episcopal Church20%80%181
Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA)22%78%364
Presbyterian Church (USA)20%80%208
United Methodist Church26%74%1,002
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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