Views about size of government 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 views about size of government

% of Evangelical Protestants who say the holy scripture is word of God; should be taken literally who would rather have…

Religious denominationSmaller government; fewer servicesBigger government; more servicesDependsDon't knowSample size
Assemblies of God59%34%2%5%336
Churches of Christ57%36%4%3%249
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.)71%25%2%2%473
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod76%19%1%3%190
Nondenominational charismatic65%33%2%1%101
Nondenominational evangelical78%18%2%2%359
Southern Baptist Convention71%23%2%3%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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