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Acts in sermons

Acts comes up in 2.6% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in African Methodist Episcopal (6.6%), Presbyterian (6.3%), Baptist (5.7%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (4.5% of sermons, up from 1.5%).

2.6% of sermons1,259 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about the book of acts, the acts of the apostles, in acts. Part of Bible Books & Passages. Least common in Jewish churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%2.5%5%7.5%10%12.5%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 1.0%Progressive 2017: 1.2%Progressive 2018: 2.7%Progressive 2019: 1.9%Progressive 2020: 0.5%Progressive 2021: 0.7%Progressive 2022: 0.3%Progressive 2023: 1.3%Progressive 2024: 1.0%Progressive 2025: 0.7%Progressive 2026: 1.5%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 1.1%Mainline 2021: 0.6%Mainline 2022: 2.0%Mainline 2023: 1.0%Mainline 2024: 0.9%Mainline 2025: 1.1%Mainline 2026: 2.9%Black church 2022: 5.8%Black church 2023: 7.1%Black church 2024: 3.6%Black church 2025: 3.4%Black church 2026: 8.3%Evangelical 2016: 5.9%Evangelical 2017: 12%Evangelical 2018: 7.3%Evangelical 2019: 5.5%Evangelical 2020: 4.8%Evangelical 2021: 3.6%Evangelical 2022: 3.3%Evangelical 2023: 4.0%Evangelical 2024: 3.3%Evangelical 2025: 5.0%Evangelical 2026: 7.1%All churches 2016: 2.5%All churches 2017: 5.7%All churches 2018: 4.2%All churches 2019: 3.2%All churches 2020: 1.3%All churches 2021: 1.4%All churches 2022: 1.2%All churches 2023: 1.8%All churches 2024: 1.6%All churches 2025: 2.1%All churches 2026: 5.1%

By denomination

African Methodist Episcopal: 6.6% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal6.6%Presbyterian: 6.3% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian6.3%Baptist: 5.7% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist5.7%Christian / non-denominational: 5.3% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational5.3%Lutheran: 3.3% of 639 sermonsLutheran3.3%Mennonite: 3.1% of 227 sermonsMennonite3.1%United Methodist: 1.8% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist1.8%United Church of Christ: 1.7% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ1.7%Episcopal: 1.7% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal1.7%Unitarian Universalist: 0.8% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.8%Orthodox: 0.7% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.7%Catholic: 0.6% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.6%Unity: 0.1% of 844 sermonsUnity0.1%Jewish: 0.0% of 242 sermonsJewish0.0%

All churches: 2.6%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

The Road to Damascus ×12.5Pentecost ×10.7Holy Spirit ×4.5Covenant ×4.5Romans ×4.2Corinthians ×3.9Isaiah ×3.6Mark ×3.6

Churches that preach it most

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