Interpreting scripture among members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) by gender (2014) Switch to: Gender composition among members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) by interpretation of scripture
% of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who say the holy scripture is…
Gender composition | Word of God; should be taken literally | Word of God; not everything taken literally | Word of God; other/don't know | Not the word of God | Other/don't know | Sample size |
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Men | 15% | 45% | 1% | 31% | 7% | 286 |
Women | 23% | 40% | 2% | 26% | 8% | 355 |
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