Interpreting scripture among baptists in the Historically Black Protestant Tradition by marital status (2014) Switch to: Marital status among baptists in the Historically Black Protestant Tradition by interpretation of scripture
% of baptists in the Historically Black Protestant Tradition who say the holy scripture is…
Marital status | 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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Married | 62% | 20% | 2% | 11% | 6% | 363 |
Divorced/separated | 66% | 19% | 2% | 8% | 4% | 256 |
Widowed | 74% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 135 |
Never married | 54% | 26% | 2% | 9% | 9% | 357 |
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