Religious denomination among Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by religious attendance (2014) Switch to: Attendance at religious services among Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services by religious denomination
% of Mainline Protestants who would rather have smaller government; fewer services who are…
| Attendance at religious services | African Methodist Episcopal Church | African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church | American Baptist Churches USA | Anglican Church | Apostolic Pentecostal (Evangelical Trad.) | Apostolic Pentecostal (Historically Black Protestant Trad.) | Assemblies of God | Calvary Chapel | Christian and Missionary Alliance | Christian Churches and Churches of Christ | Christian Methodist Episcopal Church | Christian Reformed Church | Church of God (Anderson, Indiana) | Church of God (Cleveland, Tennessee) | Church of God in Christ | Church of God of the Apostolic Faith | Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints | Church of the Nazarene | Churches of Christ | Community Church (Evangelical Trad.) | Conservative Baptist Association of America | Conservative Congregational Christian Conference | Deist | Disciples of Christ | Eclectic, a bit of everything, "I have my own beliefs" | Episcopal Church | Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) | Foursquare Church | Free Methodist Church | Free Will Baptist | General Association of Regular Baptist Churches | Greek Orthodox | Humanist | Independent Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | Independent Baptist (Historically Black Protestant Trad.) | Interdenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | Interdenominational (Mainline Trad.) | Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod | Missionary Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | Missionary Baptist (Historically Black Protestant Trad.) | National Baptist Convention | Nondenominational charismatic | Nondenominational Christian (Evangelical Trad.) | Nondenominational evangelical | Nondenominational fundamentalist | Nondenominational Pentecostal (Evangelical Trad.) | Nothing in particular (religion important) | Nothing in particular (religion not important) | Orthodox Church in America | Other Adventist (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Baptist (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Baptist (Historically Black Protestant Trad.) | Other Baptist (Mainline Trad.) | Other Congregationalist (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Congregationalist (Mainline Trad.) | Other Episcopalian/Anglican (Mainline Trad.) | Other Holiness (Evangelical Trad.) | Other in the "Unitarian and other liberal faiths" family | Other in the New Age family | Other Lutheran (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Lutheran (Mainline Trad.) | Other Metaphysical Christian ("Other Christian" Trad.) | Other Methodist (Historically Black Protestant Trad.) | Other Methodist (Mainline Trad.) | Other Mormon | Other Nondenominational (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Nondenominational (Mainline Trad.) | Other Orthodox Christian | Other Pentecostal (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Pentecostal (Historically Black Protestant Trad.) | Other Presbyterian (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Presbyterian (Mainline Trad.) | Other Reformed (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Reformed (Mainline Trad.) | Other Restorationist (Evangelical Trad.) | Other Restorationist (Mainline Trad.) | Others in "Other Christian" Tradition | Pagan or Wiccan | Pentecostal Church of God | Pentecostal Holiness Church | Presbyterian Church (USA) | Presbyterian Church in America | Progressive Baptist Convention | Reformed Church in America | Russian Orthodox | Seventh-day Adventist | Southern Baptist Convention | Spiritual but not religious | Spiritualist | Unitarian | United Church of Christ | United Methodist Church | United Pentecostal Church International | Unity Church | Wesleyan Church | Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod | Sample size |
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| At least once a week | < 1% | < 1% | 10% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 5% | 11% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | 43% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1,248 |
| Once or twice a month/a few times a year | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | 8% | 13% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 27% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1,435 |
| Seldom/never | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 1% | < 1% | 7% | 8% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 3% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 7% | < 1% | 2% | 2% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | 5% | < 1% | < 1% | 9% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 6% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 4% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 2% | 26% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | < 1% | 578 |
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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