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What Mennonite churches preach about

What Mennonite churches preach about, from 227 transcribed sermons on Divining: the most common themes are Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion, Bible & Exposition, Salvation & Grace, Spiritual Growth. Compared with other churches they stand out for Noah & the Flood, Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion, Spiritual Growth.

227 sermons2 churches2020–2025

These pages are built from sermons that Mennonite 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

Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion: 34% of Mennonite sermonsGender & Sexuality / Inclusion34%Bible & Exposition: 31% of Mennonite sermonsBible & Exposition31%Salvation & Grace: 24% of Mennonite sermonsSalvation & Grace24%Spiritual Growth: 24% of Mennonite sermonsSpiritual Growth24%Friendship & Belonging: 23% of Mennonite sermonsFriendship & Belonging23%Fear & Anxiety: 23% of Mennonite sermonsFear & Anxiety23%Baptism & Communion: 23% of Mennonite sermonsBaptism & Communion23%Sin & Repentance: 19% of Mennonite sermonsSin & Repentance19%Parenting & Children: 19% of Mennonite sermonsParenting & Children19%Grief & Lament: 18% of Mennonite sermonsGrief & Lament18%Creation Care: 17% of Mennonite sermonsCreation Care17%Joy & Gratitude: 17% of Mennonite sermonsJoy & Gratitude17%

What sets Mennonite preaching apart

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

Noah & the Flood: 11% of Mennonite sermons vs 2.2% elsewhereNoah & the Flood×4.8Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion: 34% of Mennonite sermons vs 9.3% elsewhereGender & Sexuality / Inclusion×3.7Spiritual Growth: 24% of Mennonite sermons vs 8.0% elsewhereSpiritual Growth×3.0Peace & Nonviolence: 14% of Mennonite sermons vs 4.9% elsewherePeace & Nonviolence×2.9Salvation & Grace: 24% of Mennonite sermons vs 9.8% elsewhereSalvation & Grace×2.4Lent & Holy Week: 8.8% of Mennonite sermons vs 3.5% elsewhereLent & Holy Week×2.5Hope & Encouragement: 16% of Mennonite sermons vs 7.6% elsewhereHope & Encouragement×2.1Shame & Guilt: 8.8% of Mennonite sermons vs 4.1% elsewhereShame & Guilt×2.1Parenting & Children: 19% of Mennonite sermons vs 9.0% elsewhereParenting & Children×2.1Sin & Repentance: 19% of Mennonite sermons vs 9.9% elsewhereSin & Repentance×2.0

Top themes year by year

Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion0%10%20%30%40%50%202020212022Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 2020: 12%Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 2021: 32%Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion 2022: 50%
Bible & Exposition0%10%20%30%40%50%202020212022Bible & Exposition 2020: 20%Bible & Exposition 2021: 28%Bible & Exposition 2022: 42%
Salvation & Grace0%10%20%30%40%202020212022Salvation & Grace 2020: 30%Salvation & Grace 2021: 37%Salvation & Grace 2022: 14%
Spiritual Growth0%10%20%30%40%202020212022Spiritual Growth 2020: 0.0%Spiritual Growth 2021: 31%Spiritual Growth 2022: 35%
Friendship & Belonging0%5%10%15%20%25%202020212022Friendship & Belonging 2020: 22%Friendship & Belonging 2021: 21%Friendship & Belonging 2022: 18%
Fear & Anxiety0%5%10%15%20%25%202020212022Fear & Anxiety 2020: 22%Fear & Anxiety 2021: 18%Fear & Anxiety 2022: 18%

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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