Region 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 region
% of members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) who are in…
Interpreting scripture | Northeast | South | Midwest | West | Sample size |
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Word of God; should be taken literally | 15% | 18% | 52% | 15% | 118 |
Word of God; not everything taken literally | 12% | 16% | 59% | 13% | 280 |
Not the word of God | 21% | 18% | 52% | 9% | 174 |