Sources of guidance on right and wrong among Evangelical Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by sources of guidance on right and wrong

% of Evangelical Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services who say they look to…most for guidance on right and wrong

Religious denominationReligionPhilosophy/reasonCommon senseScienceDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God78%2%18%1%1%297
Churches of Christ58%6%34%1%1%304
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)58%4%34%2%2%576
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)67%4%27%1%1%121
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod46%7%42%3%2%343
Nondenominational charismatic73%2%23%1%< 1%126
Nondenominational evangelical76%4%17%1%1%556
Presbyterian Church in America51%3%42%4%1%112
Southern Baptist Convention64%4%29%2%2%1,336
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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