Genesis in sermons

Genesis comes up in 2.0% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Baptist (5.0%), African Methodist Episcopal (3.9%), Christian / non-denominational (3.5%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (3.2% of sermons, up from 1.4%).

2.0% of sermons997 sermons14 denominations

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

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%2%4%6%8%10%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.5%Progressive 2017: 1.2%Progressive 2018: 2.0%Progressive 2019: 0.9%Progressive 2020: 0.6%Progressive 2021: 0.7%Progressive 2022: 0.6%Progressive 2023: 0.7%Progressive 2024: 1.1%Progressive 2025: 0.8%Progressive 2026: 0.9%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 0.6%Mainline 2021: 0.5%Mainline 2022: 1.8%Mainline 2023: 0.5%Mainline 2024: 1.1%Mainline 2025: 1.7%Mainline 2026: 1.8%Black church 2022: 1.4%Black church 2023: 9.5%Black church 2024: 7.2%Black church 2025: 3.7%Black church 2026: 3.6%Evangelical 2016: 4.2%Evangelical 2017: 5.4%Evangelical 2018: 8.9%Evangelical 2019: 5.9%Evangelical 2020: 3.9%Evangelical 2021: 2.1%Evangelical 2022: 2.9%Evangelical 2023: 2.6%Evangelical 2024: 4.2%Evangelical 2025: 4.6%Evangelical 2026: 5.2%All churches 2016: 1.7%All churches 2017: 3.0%All churches 2018: 4.6%All churches 2019: 2.9%All churches 2020: 1.2%All churches 2021: 1.0%All churches 2022: 1.3%All churches 2023: 1.1%All churches 2024: 2.1%All churches 2025: 2.2%All churches 2026: 3.5%

By denomination

Baptist: 5.0% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist5.0%African Methodist Episcopal: 3.9% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal3.9%Christian / non-denominational: 3.5% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational3.5%Mennonite: 3.5% of 227 sermonsMennonite3.5%Jewish: 1.7% of 242 sermonsJewish1.7%United Church of Christ: 1.5% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ1.5%United Methodist: 1.4% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist1.4%Lutheran: 1.4% of 639 sermonsLutheran1.4%Episcopal: 1.2% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal1.2%Presbyterian: 1.0% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian1.0%Unitarian Universalist: 0.8% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.8%Unity: 0.4% of 844 sermonsUnity0.4%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%

All churches: 2.0%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

The Fall ×7.4Abraham & Isaac ×6.5Noah & the Flood ×5.1Exodus ×4.6Creation & Eden ×4.6The Exodus ×4.4Names & Titles of God ×4.2The Ten Commandments ×4.0

Churches that preach it most

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