Daniel in sermons

Daniel comes up in 2.9% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in African Methodist Episcopal (4.9%), United Church of Christ (4.5%), Christian / non-denominational (4.0%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (3.9% of sermons, up from 2.4%).

2.9% of sermons1,429 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about daniel, the lions den, the fiery furnace, shadrach meshach and abednego, the writing on the wall, nebuchadnezzar. Part of Old Testament: Stories. Least common in Orthodox churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%2%4%6%8%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 3.9%Progressive 2017: 0.6%Progressive 2018: 2.3%Progressive 2019: 2.5%Progressive 2020: 3.0%Progressive 2021: 1.8%Progressive 2022: 1.9%Progressive 2023: 3.3%Progressive 2024: 4.1%Progressive 2025: 2.5%Progressive 2026: 1.7%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 1.5%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 0.6%Mainline 2021: 1.0%Mainline 2022: 0.7%Mainline 2023: 3.0%Mainline 2024: 3.6%Mainline 2025: 4.9%Mainline 2026: 4.5%Black church 2022: 2.9%Black church 2023: 2.4%Black church 2024: 6.3%Black church 2025: 5.9%Black church 2026: 4.6%Evangelical 2016: 5.9%Evangelical 2017: 6.8%Evangelical 2018: 3.2%Evangelical 2019: 2.0%Evangelical 2020: 4.8%Evangelical 2021: 2.2%Evangelical 2022: 2.3%Evangelical 2023: 3.5%Evangelical 2024: 3.9%Evangelical 2025: 2.7%Evangelical 2026: 4.2%All churches 2016: 4.1%All churches 2017: 3.9%All churches 2018: 2.6%All churches 2019: 2.1%All churches 2020: 3.3%All churches 2021: 1.7%All churches 2022: 1.8%All churches 2023: 3.2%All churches 2024: 4.0%All churches 2025: 3.3%All churches 2026: 4.0%

By denomination

African Methodist Episcopal: 4.9% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal4.9%United Church of Christ: 4.5% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ4.5%Christian / non-denominational: 4.0% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational4.0%United Methodist: 3.7% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist3.7%Jewish: 3.3% of 242 sermonsJewish3.3%Mennonite: 3.1% of 227 sermonsMennonite3.1%Presbyterian: 3.0% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian3.0%Baptist: 2.9% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist2.9%Unitarian Universalist: 2.4% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist2.4%Lutheran: 1.9% of 639 sermonsLutheran1.9%Unity: 0.8% of 844 sermonsUnity0.8%Episcopal: 0.5% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.5%Catholic: 0.3% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.3%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%

All churches: 2.9%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Revelation / End Vision ×3.3Names & Titles of God ×3.2Prophecy & End Times ×2.7Revival & Renewal ×2.1Heaven & Hell ×2.0Isaiah ×1.9Abraham & Isaac ×1.9Joseph ×1.9

Churches that preach it most

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