John in sermons

John comes up in 1.0% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in African Methodist Episcopal (1.8%), Baptist (1.8%), Presbyterian (1.7%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (1.4% of sermons, up from 0.9%).

1.0% of sermons510 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about the gospel of john, in johns gospel, john chapter three. Part of Bible Books & Passages. Least common in Jewish churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%2%4%6%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.5%Progressive 2017: 0.0%Progressive 2018: 2.0%Progressive 2019: 4.7%Progressive 2020: 1.0%Progressive 2021: 0.5%Progressive 2022: 0.4%Progressive 2023: 1.1%Progressive 2024: 1.4%Progressive 2025: 1.0%Progressive 2026: 0.7%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 0.6%Mainline 2021: 0.6%Mainline 2022: 1.5%Mainline 2023: 1.2%Mainline 2024: 0.9%Mainline 2025: 1.7%Mainline 2026: 0.9%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 0.0%Black church 2024: 0.9%Black church 2025: 0.6%Black church 2026: 2.7%Evangelical 2016: 1.7%Evangelical 2017: 0.7%Evangelical 2018: 3.6%Evangelical 2019: 5.5%Evangelical 2020: 2.1%Evangelical 2021: 0.6%Evangelical 2022: 0.9%Evangelical 2023: 0.8%Evangelical 2024: 0.7%Evangelical 2025: 2.0%Evangelical 2026: 1.8%All churches 2016: 0.8%All churches 2017: 0.3%All churches 2018: 2.4%All churches 2019: 4.7%All churches 2020: 1.1%All churches 2021: 0.5%All churches 2022: 0.6%All churches 2023: 1.0%All churches 2024: 1.1%All churches 2025: 1.3%All churches 2026: 1.4%

By denomination

African Methodist Episcopal: 1.8% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal1.8%Baptist: 1.8% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist1.8%Presbyterian: 1.7% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian1.7%Lutheran: 1.4% of 639 sermonsLutheran1.4%Mennonite: 1.3% of 227 sermonsMennonite1.3%Christian / non-denominational: 1.2% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational1.2%Episcopal: 1.1% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal1.1%United Methodist: 1.0% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist1.0%Unitarian Universalist: 0.8% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.8%United Church of Christ: 0.7% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ0.7%Unity: 0.6% of 844 sermonsUnity0.6%Orthodox: 0.3% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.3%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%Jewish: 0.0% of 242 sermonsJewish0.0%

All churches: 1.0%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Names & Titles of God ×6.5Resurrection & Easter ×3.7Acts ×3.2Jesus: Life & Teachings ×2.8Salvation & Grace ×2.8Bible & Exposition ×2.6Crucifixion & Atonement ×2.5Prophecy & End Times ×2.5

Churches that preach it most

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