Interpreting scripture among Evangelical Protestants who are conservative by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants who are conservative by interpretation of scripture
% of Evangelical Protestants who are conservative 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 | 79% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 287 |
Churches of Christ | 60% | 30% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 265 |
Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 66% | 22% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 495 |
Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 51% | 37% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 261 |
Nondenominational charismatic | 63% | 29% | 8% | 1% | < 1% | 109 |
Nondenominational evangelical | 60% | 32% | 5% | 2% | 2% | 442 |
Southern Baptist Convention | 69% | 22% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 1,214 |
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