Views about size of government among Evangelical Protestants who say right or wrong depends on the situation by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who say right or wrong depends on the situation by views about size of government

% of Evangelical Protestants who say right or wrong depends on the situation who would rather have…

Religious denominationSmaller government; fewer servicesBigger government; more servicesDependsDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God39%52%2%7%182
Churches of Christ48%46%3%3%244
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)52%44%1%3%375
Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.)43%51%5%1%101
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod65%30%2%3%233
Nondenominational evangelical69%24%3%5%201
Southern Baptist Convention58%35%3%4%813
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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