Gender composition among members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) by interpretation of scripture (2014) Switch to: Interpreting scripture among members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) by gender
% of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who are…
Interpreting scripture | Men | Women | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 33% | 67% | 118 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 47% | 53% | 280 |
Not the word of God | 49% | 51% | 174 |