Humanism in sermons

Humanism comes up in 6.6% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Mennonite (10%), Unitarian Universalist (8.8%), African Methodist Episcopal (8.6%) churches. Its share has held steady since 2025 (7.2%).

6.6% of sermons3,272 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about humanist, humanism, human dignity, human potential, this life, ethics without, secular, meaning we make. Part of Liberal-Religious / UU. Least common in Orthodox churches (0.7%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%5%10%15%20%25%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 4.4%Progressive 2017: 11%Progressive 2018: 9.3%Progressive 2019: 9.0%Progressive 2020: 7.3%Progressive 2021: 4.9%Progressive 2022: 8.5%Progressive 2023: 11%Progressive 2024: 11%Progressive 2025: 10%Progressive 2026: 12%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 10%Mainline 2019: 2.5%Mainline 2020: 2.3%Mainline 2021: 0.6%Mainline 2022: 1.1%Mainline 2023: 5.4%Mainline 2024: 6.0%Mainline 2025: 6.0%Mainline 2026: 5.7%Black church 2022: 2.9%Black church 2023: 21%Black church 2024: 12%Black church 2025: 10%Black church 2026: 7.5%Evangelical 2016: 3.4%Evangelical 2017: 5.4%Evangelical 2018: 11%Evangelical 2019: 3.2%Evangelical 2020: 5.2%Evangelical 2021: 2.9%Evangelical 2022: 3.3%Evangelical 2023: 6.8%Evangelical 2024: 7.0%Evangelical 2025: 5.9%Evangelical 2026: 6.7%All churches 2016: 3.6%All churches 2017: 7.8%All churches 2018: 10%All churches 2019: 6.2%All churches 2020: 6.6%All churches 2021: 3.4%All churches 2022: 6.1%All churches 2023: 9.5%All churches 2024: 9.3%All churches 2025: 8.4%All churches 2026: 6.9%

By denomination

Mennonite: 10% of 227 sermonsMennonite10%Unitarian Universalist: 8.8% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist8.8%African Methodist Episcopal: 8.6% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal8.6%Jewish: 7.9% of 242 sermonsJewish7.9%Presbyterian: 6.0% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian6.0%Christian / non-denominational: 5.6% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational5.6%Lutheran: 5.5% of 639 sermonsLutheran5.5%Baptist: 5.4% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist5.4%United Church of Christ: 5.0% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ5.0%United Methodist: 3.9% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist3.9%Unity: 3.4% of 844 sermonsUnity3.4%Episcopal: 1.8% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal1.8%Catholic: 0.9% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.9%Orthodox: 0.7% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.7%

All churches: 6.6%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Reason & Free Inquiry ×3.1Contemplative Prayer & Silence ×2.9Doubt & Deconstruction ×2.8Pluralism & Interfaith ×2.8Interdependence & Nature ×2.24th Principle: Free & Responsible Search ×2.0The Fall ×2.0Contentment ×2.0

Churches that preach it most

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