Religious family among Mainline Protestants who pray at least daily by attendance at prayer groups (2014) Switch to: Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groups among Mainline Protestants who pray at least daily by religious group

% of Mainline Protestants who pray at least daily who are…

Frequency of participation in prayer, scripture study or religious education groupsAdventist Family (Evangelical Trad.)AgnosticAnabaptist Family (Evangelical Trad.)Anabaptist Family (Mainline Trad.)AtheistBaptist Family (Evangelical Trad.)Baptist Family (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.)Congregationalist Family (Evangelical Trad.)Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.)Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Evangelical Trad.)Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.)Friends Family (Mainline Trad.)Holiness Family (Evangelical Trad.)Holiness Family (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Lutheran Family (Evangelical Trad.)Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.)Metaphysical FamilyMethodist Family (Evangelical Trad.)Methodist Family (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.)Native American ReligionsNew AgeNondenominational Family (Evangelical Trad.)Nondenominational Family (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.)Nonspecific Protestant Family (Evangelical Trad.)Nonspecific Protestant Family (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Nonspecific Protestant Family (Mainline Trad.)Nothing in particularOther evangelical/fundamentalist family (Evangelical Trad.)Others in the "Other Christian" TraditionPentecostal Family (Evangelical Trad.)Pentecostal Family (Historically Black Protestant Trad.)Pietist Family (Evangelical Trad.)Presbyterian Family (Evangelical Trad.)Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)Reformed Family (Evangelical Trad.)Reformed Family (Mainline Trad.)Restorationist Family (Evangelical Trad.)Restorationist Family (Mainline Trad.)Unitarians and other liberal faiths in the "Other Faiths" TraditionSample size
At least once a week< 1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%22%< 1%3%< 1%5%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%8%< 1%< 1%< 1%34%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%4%< 1%< 1%8%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%10%< 1%1%< 1%3%< 1%1,057
Once or twice a month< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%21%< 1%4%< 1%7%1%< 1%< 1%< 1%10%< 1%< 1%< 1%30%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%7%< 1%< 1%6%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%11%< 1%1%< 1%1%< 1%400
Several times a year< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%14%< 1%3%< 1%8%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%13%< 1%< 1%< 1%32%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%8%< 1%< 1%9%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%8%< 1%1%< 1%2%< 1%404
Seldom/never< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%13%< 1%3%< 1%10%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%16%< 1%< 1%< 1%26%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%7%< 1%< 1%14%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%< 1%9%< 1%< 1%< 1%1%< 1%1,472
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.

Learn More: Baptist Family (Mainline Trad.), Congregationalist Family (Mainline Trad.), Episcopalian/Anglican Family (Mainline Trad.), Lutheran Family (Mainline Trad.), Methodist Family (Mainline Trad.), Nondenominational Family (Mainline Trad.), Presbyterian Family (Mainline Trad.)