Philippians in sermons

Philippians comes up in 0.4% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Presbyterian (1.7%), African Methodist Episcopal (1.4%), Baptist (1.0%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (0.8% of sermons, up from 0.2%).

0.4% of sermons197 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about the book of philippians, letter to the philippians, rejoice in the lord always, i can do all things. Part of Bible Books & Passages. Least common in Mennonite churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%1%2%3%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.0%Progressive 2017: 0.0%Progressive 2018: 0.3%Progressive 2019: 0.0%Progressive 2020: 0.0%Progressive 2021: 0.0%Progressive 2022: 0.1%Progressive 2023: 0.1%Progressive 2024: 0.0%Progressive 2025: 0.1%Progressive 2026: 0.0%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 1.1%Mainline 2021: 0.4%Mainline 2022: 0.1%Mainline 2023: 0.2%Mainline 2024: 0.3%Mainline 2025: 0.0%Mainline 2026: 0.5%Black church 2022: 1.4%Black church 2023: 0.0%Black church 2024: 1.8%Black church 2025: 1.1%Black church 2026: 1.5%Evangelical 2016: 2.5%Evangelical 2017: 0.0%Evangelical 2018: 2.0%Evangelical 2019: 0.8%Evangelical 2020: 0.2%Evangelical 2021: 0.3%Evangelical 2022: 0.6%Evangelical 2023: 0.0%Evangelical 2024: 0.9%Evangelical 2025: 0.9%Evangelical 2026: 1.2%All churches 2016: 0.8%All churches 2017: 0.0%All churches 2018: 1.0%All churches 2019: 0.3%All churches 2020: 0.1%All churches 2021: 0.2%All churches 2022: 0.2%All churches 2023: 0.1%All churches 2024: 0.3%All churches 2025: 0.4%All churches 2026: 0.8%

By denomination

Presbyterian: 1.7% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian1.7%African Methodist Episcopal: 1.4% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal1.4%Baptist: 1.0% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist1.0%Christian / non-denominational: 0.7% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational0.7%Orthodox: 0.7% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.7%Lutheran: 0.5% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.5%United Methodist: 0.5% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist0.5%Unity: 0.4% of 844 sermonsUnity0.4%United Church of Christ: 0.3% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ0.3%Episcopal: 0.1% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.1%Unitarian Universalist: 0.0% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.0%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%Jewish: 0.0% of 242 sermonsJewish0.0%Mennonite: 0.0% of 227 sermonsMennonite0.0%

All churches: 0.4%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Holy Spirit ×2.5Crucifixion & Atonement ×2.5Salvation & Grace ×2.4Spiritual Growth ×2.2Hope & Encouragement ×2.2Bible & Exposition ×2.2Joy & Gratitude ×2.0Evangelism & Mission ×2.0

Churches that preach it most

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