Protestant senior pastors' views on the timing of the rapture
Percent of U.S. Protestant senior pastors, 2016 (in percent)
Key finding
Highest: Pretribulation rapture (36%). Lowest: Rapture already happened (1%).
- Pretribulation rapture: 36%
- After the tribulation: 18%
- None of these views: 8%
Source: Lifeway Research, Pastors: The End of the World is Complicated · Telephone survey of 1,000 Protestant senior pastors by Lifeway Research. Article published 2016-04-26.
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What does this statistic show?
Highest: Pretribulation rapture (36%). Lowest: Rapture already happened (1%). Pretribulation rapture: 36%. After the tribulation: 18%. None of these views: 8%.
Who published this data?
Lifeway Research, 2016. Source: Lifeway Research, Pastors: The End of the World is Complicated (https://research.lifeway.com/2016/04/26/pastors-the-end-of-the-world-is-complicated/).
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