Is this from the TOTAL population of them, or just the ones identifying as religious?
Is this from the TOTAL population of them, or just the ones identifying as religious?
Outside of the historically black tradition, an additional 15% of African-Americans are members of evangelical denominations, such as the Southern Baptist Convention or Assemblies of God, and 4% are members of mainline denominations, such as the Disciples of Christ. Overall, the membership of historically black Protestant denominations is 92% black, while African-Americans make up relatively small portions of the membership of evangelical (6%) and mainline (2%) churches.But of black Americans themselves, 15% are classed as evangelicals:

- https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2009/01/30/a-religious-portrait-of-african-americans/