Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who are ages 65+ by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who are ages 65+ by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who are ages 65+ who say the holy scripture is…
Religious denomination | 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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Assemblies of God | 78% | 8% | 7% | 1% | 6% | 145 |
Churches of Christ | 65% | 24% | 4% | 4% | 3% | 151 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 67% | 20% | 3% | 5% | 4% | 212 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 52% | 31% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 180 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 60% | 29% | 7% | 5% | < 1% | 107 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 67% | 19% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 643 |
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