What Jewish churches preach about

What Jewish churches preach about, from 242 transcribed sermons on Divining: the most common themes are Faith & Civic Life, Friendship & Belonging, Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion, Immigration & Refuge. Compared with other churches they stand out for Abraham & Isaac, Faith & Civic Life, Peace & Nonviolence.

242 sermons3 churches2020–2026

These pages are built from sermons that Jewish churches publish online and Divining transcribes. Each number is the share of sermons with at least one chapter on that theme.

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Most-preached themes

Faith & Civic Life: 29% of Jewish sermonsFaith & Civic Life29%Friendship & Belonging: 23% of Jewish sermonsFriendship & Belonging23%Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion: 16% of Jewish sermonsGender & Sexuality / Inclusion16%Immigration & Refuge: 16% of Jewish sermonsImmigration & Refuge16%Bible & Exposition: 14% of Jewish sermonsBible & Exposition14%Fear & Anxiety: 14% of Jewish sermonsFear & Anxiety14%Parenting & Children: 13% of Jewish sermonsParenting & Children13%Marriage: 11% of Jewish sermonsMarriage11%Grief & Lament: 11% of Jewish sermonsGrief & Lament11%Baptism & Communion: 9.9% of Jewish sermonsBaptism & Communion9.9%Sin & Repentance: 9.5% of Jewish sermonsSin & Repentance9.5%Suffering & Perseverance: 9.5% of Jewish sermonsSuffering & Perseverance9.5%

What sets Jewish preaching apart

Filled dot: Jewish; open dot: all other churches. The multiple is how much more often Jewish sermons take up the theme.

Abraham & Isaac: 8.3% of Jewish sermons vs 3.3% elsewhereAbraham & Isaac×2.5Faith & Civic Life: 29% of Jewish sermons vs 15% elsewhereFaith & Civic Life×2.0Peace & Nonviolence: 9.5% of Jewish sermons vs 4.9% elsewherePeace & Nonviolence×1.9Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion: 16% of Jewish sermons vs 9.4% elsewhereGender & Sexuality / Inclusion×1.7Immigration & Refuge: 16% of Jewish sermons vs 9.7% elsewhereImmigration & Refuge×1.6Parenting & Children: 13% of Jewish sermons vs 9.0% elsewhereParenting & Children×1.5Suffering & Perseverance: 9.5% of Jewish sermons vs 6.8% elsewhereSuffering & Perseverance×1.4

Rising and fading since 2025

Open dot: share of sermons through 2024 (103 sermons); filled: 2025–26 (139). Churches added to Divining recently can shift these, so read them as hints.

Sin & Repentance: 3.9% through 2024 → 14% in 2025-26Sin & Repentance×3.5Bible & Exposition: 11% through 2024 → 16% in 2025-26Bible & Exposition×1.5Grief & Lament: 8.7% through 2024 → 12% in 2025-26Grief & Lament×1.4Fear & Anxiety: 12% through 2024 → 15% in 2025-26Fear & Anxiety×1.3

Fading:

Peace & Nonviolence: 17% through 2024 → 4.3% in 2025-26Peace & Nonviolence×0.3Friendship & Belonging: 35% through 2024 → 14% in 2025-26Friendship & Belonging×0.4Faith & Civic Life: 42% through 2024 → 19% in 2025-26Faith & Civic Life×0.5Baptism & Communion: 15% through 2024 → 6.5% in 2025-26Baptism & Communion×0.4Abraham & Isaac: 12% through 2024 → 5.8% in 2025-26Abraham & Isaac×0.5Immigration & Refuge: 21% through 2024 → 12% in 2025-26Immigration & Refuge×0.5

Top themes year by year

Faith & Civic Life0%5%10%15%20%20242026Faith & Civic Life 2024: 19%Faith & Civic Life 2026: 19%
Friendship & Belonging0%10%20%30%40%50%20242026Friendship & Belonging 2024: 46%Friendship & Belonging 2026: 15%
Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion0%5%10%15%20%25%20242026Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 2024: 25%Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 2026: 10%
Immigration & Refuge0%5%10%15%20242026Immigration & Refuge 2024: 15%Immigration & Refuge 2026: 12%
Bible & Exposition0%5%10%15%20%20242026Bible & Exposition 2024: 10%Bible & Exposition 2026: 18%
Fear & Anxiety0%5%10%15%20%20242026Fear & Anxiety 2024: 8.3%Fear & Anxiety 2026: 16%

Jewish churches on Divining

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Share of transcribed sermons on Divining with at least one chapter on a theme, from Divining’s topic segmenter; 2016 to Nov 2026. Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Site map · Divining: a deeper search for meaning · build_seo_pages v0.0.1