Views about homosexuality among Evangelical Protestants by religious denomination (2014) Switch to: Religious denomination among Evangelical Protestants by views about homosexuality
% of Evangelical Protestants who say homosexuality…
| Religious denomination | Should be accepted | Should be discouraged | Neither/both equally | Don't know | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assemblies of God | 26% | 66% | 5% | 2% | 460 |
| Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | 22% | 67% | 4% | 6% | 111 |
| Church of the Nazarene | 40% | 58% | 2% | 1% | 101 |
| Churches of Christ | 35% | 58% | 3% | 4% | 498 |
| Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | 39% | 53% | 4% | 4% | 825 |
| Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | 47% | 44% | 6% | 3% | 206 |
| Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | 56% | 37% | 3% | 3% | 459 |
| Nondenominational charismatic | 36% | 55% | 5% | 3% | 187 |
| Nondenominational evangelical | 34% | 59% | 3% | 4% | 684 |
| Nondenominational fundamentalist | 35% | 60% | 3% | 2% | 107 |
| Presbyterian Church in America | 49% | 40% | 4% | 7% | 158 |
| Seventh-day Adventist | 27% | 59% | 7% | 6% | 165 |
| Southern Baptist Convention | 30% | 63% | 4% | 3% | 1,845 |
Sample sizes and margins of error vary from subgroup to subgroup, from year to year and from state to state. You can see the sample size for the estimates in this chart on rollover or in the last column of the table. And visit this table to see approximate margins of error for a group of a given size. Readers should always bear in mind the approximate margin of error for the group they are examining when making comparisons with other groups or assessing the significance of trends over time. For full question wording, see the survey questionnaire.
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