Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion in sermons

Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion comes up in 9.4% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Mennonite (34%), Jewish (16%), Unitarian Universalist (13%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (10% of sermons, up from 8.9%).

9.4% of sermons4,659 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about lgbtq, gay rights, sexual orientation, gender identity, inclusion, affirming, transgender, welcoming and affirming. Part of Justice, Mercy & the World. Least common in Orthodox churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%5%10%15%20%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 15%Progressive 2017: 12%Progressive 2018: 13%Progressive 2019: 15%Progressive 2020: 11%Progressive 2021: 6.8%Progressive 2022: 12%Progressive 2023: 16%Progressive 2024: 15%Progressive 2025: 17%Progressive 2026: 19%Mainline 2016: 7.5%Mainline 2018: 12%Mainline 2019: 2.5%Mainline 2020: 11%Mainline 2021: 3.2%Mainline 2022: 4.2%Mainline 2023: 9.6%Mainline 2024: 10%Mainline 2025: 10%Mainline 2026: 11%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 9.5%Black church 2024: 5.4%Black church 2025: 7.6%Black church 2026: 7.6%Evangelical 2016: 7.6%Evangelical 2017: 8.2%Evangelical 2018: 6.0%Evangelical 2019: 7.1%Evangelical 2020: 3.6%Evangelical 2021: 1.7%Evangelical 2022: 2.6%Evangelical 2023: 5.7%Evangelical 2024: 9.6%Evangelical 2025: 8.0%Evangelical 2026: 8.0%All churches 2016: 12%All churches 2017: 10%All churches 2018: 10%All churches 2019: 11%All churches 2020: 9.4%All churches 2021: 4.5%All churches 2022: 8.7%All churches 2023: 13%All churches 2024: 13%All churches 2025: 13%All churches 2026: 9.9%

By denomination

Mennonite: 34% of 227 sermonsMennonite34%Jewish: 16% of 242 sermonsJewish16%Unitarian Universalist: 13% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist13%United Church of Christ: 13% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ13%United Methodist: 8.6% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist8.6%African Methodist Episcopal: 7.1% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal7.1%Christian / non-denominational: 6.8% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational6.8%Baptist: 5.0% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist5.0%Presbyterian: 4.7% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian4.7%Lutheran: 3.9% of 639 sermonsLutheran3.9%Unity: 3.2% of 844 sermonsUnity3.2%Catholic: 0.9% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.9%Episcopal: 0.7% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.7%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%

All churches: 9.4%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

Themes that share a sermon with Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion more often than chance (×2 = twice as often as in sermons overall).

The Persecuted Church ×3.3Gun Violence & Safety ×2.5Disability & Belonging ×2.2Doubt & Deconstruction ×2.2Racial Justice ×2.2Economic Justice & Wealth ×1.9Pluralism & Interfaith ×1.9Immigration & Refuge ×1.9

Churches that preach it most

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