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Addiction & Recovery in sermons

Addiction & Recovery comes up in 2.3% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Mennonite (3.5%), Christian / non-denominational (3.4%), United Church of Christ (3.1%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (3.2% of sermons, up from 1.8%).

2.3% of sermons1,133 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about addiction, in recovery, the twelve steps, sobriety, set free from, break the chains of, one day at a time. Part of Christian Living. Least common in Episcopal churches (0.2%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%2%4%6%8%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 3.4%Progressive 2017: 4.3%Progressive 2018: 1.7%Progressive 2019: 3.1%Progressive 2020: 2.0%Progressive 2021: 1.2%Progressive 2022: 2.1%Progressive 2023: 2.4%Progressive 2024: 2.4%Progressive 2025: 3.2%Progressive 2026: 3.1%Mainline 2016: 7.5%Mainline 2018: 3.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 2.9%Mainline 2021: 0.5%Mainline 2022: 0.4%Mainline 2023: 2.7%Mainline 2024: 4.2%Mainline 2025: 2.6%Mainline 2026: 3.2%Black church 2022: 1.4%Black church 2023: 2.4%Black church 2024: 0.9%Black church 2025: 3.4%Black church 2026: 3.4%Evangelical 2016: 1.7%Evangelical 2017: 3.4%Evangelical 2018: 3.2%Evangelical 2019: 2.8%Evangelical 2020: 1.6%Evangelical 2021: 0.9%Evangelical 2022: 0.6%Evangelical 2023: 2.2%Evangelical 2024: 3.7%Evangelical 2025: 3.4%Evangelical 2026: 3.3%All churches 2016: 3.3%All churches 2017: 3.9%All churches 2018: 2.4%All churches 2019: 2.8%All churches 2020: 2.0%All churches 2021: 1.1%All churches 2022: 1.5%All churches 2023: 2.4%All churches 2024: 3.0%All churches 2025: 3.2%All churches 2026: 3.3%

By denomination

Mennonite: 3.5% of 227 sermonsMennonite3.5%Christian / non-denominational: 3.4% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational3.4%United Church of Christ: 3.1% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ3.1%United Methodist: 3.1% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist3.1%African Methodist Episcopal: 3.1% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal3.1%Presbyterian: 2.3% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian2.3%Unitarian Universalist: 2.2% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist2.2%Unity: 1.4% of 844 sermonsUnity1.4%Baptist: 1.4% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist1.4%Orthodox: 1.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox1.0%Lutheran: 0.9% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.9%Catholic: 0.9% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.9%Jewish: 0.8% of 242 sermonsJewish0.8%Episcopal: 0.2% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.2%

All churches: 2.3%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

Themes that share a sermon with Addiction & Recovery more often than chance (×2 = twice as often as in sermons overall).

Faith & Mental Health ×3.1Dating & Godly Relationships ×2.6Shame & Guilt ×2.3Divorce & Broken Relationships ×2.1Romans ×2.0Marriage ×2.0Sin & Repentance ×1.9Fear & Anxiety ×1.8

Churches that preach it most

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