Immigration & Refuge in sermons

Immigration & Refuge comes up in 9.7% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Jewish (16%), Unitarian Universalist (15%), Mennonite (15%) churches. Its share has held steady since 2025 (9.9%).

9.7% of sermons4,778 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about immigrant, immigration, refugee, welcome the stranger, the border, sanctuary, aliens and strangers, asylum. Part of Justice, Mercy & the World. Least common in Episcopal churches (0.7%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%10%20%30%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 13%Progressive 2017: 14%Progressive 2018: 13%Progressive 2019: 16%Progressive 2020: 13%Progressive 2021: 8.5%Progressive 2022: 14%Progressive 2023: 19%Progressive 2024: 19%Progressive 2025: 22%Progressive 2026: 25%Mainline 2016: 10%Mainline 2018: 16%Mainline 2019: 10%Mainline 2020: 3.4%Mainline 2021: 2.5%Mainline 2022: 2.0%Mainline 2023: 11%Mainline 2024: 12%Mainline 2025: 12%Mainline 2026: 12%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 4.8%Black church 2024: 1.8%Black church 2025: 2.8%Black church 2026: 3.0%Evangelical 2016: 10%Evangelical 2017: 5.4%Evangelical 2018: 4.4%Evangelical 2019: 2.0%Evangelical 2020: 4.5%Evangelical 2021: 1.6%Evangelical 2022: 1.7%Evangelical 2023: 2.8%Evangelical 2024: 4.1%Evangelical 2025: 4.7%Evangelical 2026: 4.3%All churches 2016: 12%All churches 2017: 9.6%All churches 2018: 9.9%All churches 2019: 9.7%All churches 2020: 11%All churches 2021: 5.1%All churches 2022: 9.2%All churches 2023: 15%All churches 2024: 14%All churches 2025: 14%All churches 2026: 8.9%

By denomination

Jewish: 16% of 242 sermonsJewish16%Unitarian Universalist: 15% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist15%Mennonite: 15% of 227 sermonsMennonite15%United Church of Christ: 13% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ13%United Methodist: 10.0% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist10.0%Unity: 9.0% of 844 sermonsUnity9.0%Presbyterian: 5.0% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian5.0%Christian / non-denominational: 4.4% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational4.4%Lutheran: 3.8% of 639 sermonsLutheran3.8%African Methodist Episcopal: 2.7% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal2.7%Baptist: 2.3% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist2.3%Catholic: 1.2% of 334 sermonsCatholic1.2%Orthodox: 1.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox1.0%Episcopal: 0.7% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.7%

All churches: 9.7%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

The Persecuted Church ×3.54th Principle: Free & Responsible Search ×2.92nd Principle: Justice & Equity ×2.6Indigenous Justice & Land ×2.5Disability & Belonging ×2.4Racial Justice ×2.3Gun Violence & Safety ×2.3Pluralism & Interfaith ×2.2

Churches that preach it most

Listen to sermons on Divining

Share of transcribed sermons on Divining with at least one chapter on a theme, from Divining’s topic segmenter; 2016 to Nov 2026. Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Site map · Divining: a deeper search for meaning · build_seo_pages v0.0.1