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Matthew in sermons

Matthew comes up in 2.1% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in African Methodist Episcopal (6.1%), Baptist (4.7%), Christian / non-denominational (4.1%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (3.9% of sermons, up from 1.2%).

2.1% of sermons1,046 sermons14 denominations

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

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%2%4%6%8%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.0%Progressive 2017: 1.2%Progressive 2018: 1.0%Progressive 2019: 1.9%Progressive 2020: 0.4%Progressive 2021: 0.5%Progressive 2022: 0.4%Progressive 2023: 0.9%Progressive 2024: 0.9%Progressive 2025: 1.1%Progressive 2026: 0.6%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 1.1%Mainline 2021: 1.1%Mainline 2022: 0.9%Mainline 2023: 0.5%Mainline 2024: 0.9%Mainline 2025: 1.3%Mainline 2026: 2.5%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 2.4%Black church 2024: 4.5%Black church 2025: 7.6%Black church 2026: 6.3%Evangelical 2016: 4.2%Evangelical 2017: 3.4%Evangelical 2018: 5.6%Evangelical 2019: 3.2%Evangelical 2020: 6.1%Evangelical 2021: 1.9%Evangelical 2022: 1.9%Evangelical 2023: 3.1%Evangelical 2024: 5.8%Evangelical 2025: 5.0%Evangelical 2026: 5.9%All churches 2016: 1.4%All churches 2017: 2.1%All churches 2018: 2.8%All churches 2019: 2.3%All churches 2020: 1.5%All churches 2021: 1.0%All churches 2022: 0.8%All churches 2023: 1.2%All churches 2024: 2.2%All churches 2025: 2.8%All churches 2026: 4.2%

By denomination

African Methodist Episcopal: 6.1% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal6.1%Baptist: 4.7% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist4.7%Christian / non-denominational: 4.1% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational4.1%Lutheran: 3.3% of 639 sermonsLutheran3.3%Presbyterian: 2.7% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian2.7%Mennonite: 1.8% of 227 sermonsMennonite1.8%United Church of Christ: 1.7% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ1.7%United Methodist: 1.6% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist1.6%Episcopal: 1.2% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal1.2%Unity: 0.7% of 844 sermonsUnity0.7%Unitarian Universalist: 0.6% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.6%Orthodox: 0.3% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.3%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%Jewish: 0.0% of 242 sermonsJewish0.0%

All churches: 2.1%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Luke ×5.1Sermon on the Mount / Beatitudes ×5.0Mark ×4.7The Kingdom of God ×4.5Jesus: Life & Teachings ×4.4Prophecy & End Times ×3.8Isaiah ×3.7Elijah ×3.5

Churches that preach it most

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