The 'I AM' Sayings in sermons

The 'I AM' Sayings comes up in 0.5% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Orthodox (1.3%), Baptist (1.2%), Episcopal (1.1%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (0.6% of sermons, up from 0.4%).

0.5% of sermons232 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about i am the bread of life, i am the light of the world, i am the good shepherd, i am the way the truth and the life, i am the true vine, i am the resurrection and the life, i am the door. Part of God & the Trinity. Least common in Jewish churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%0.5%1%1.5%2%2.5%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.0%Progressive 2017: 0.0%Progressive 2018: 0.0%Progressive 2019: 0.3%Progressive 2020: 0.0%Progressive 2021: 0.1%Progressive 2022: 0.1%Progressive 2023: 0.1%Progressive 2024: 0.0%Progressive 2025: 0.0%Progressive 2026: 0.0%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 1.5%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 0.0%Mainline 2021: 0.9%Mainline 2022: 0.6%Mainline 2023: 0.2%Mainline 2024: 0.0%Mainline 2025: 0.4%Mainline 2026: 0.3%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 2.4%Black church 2024: 0.0%Black church 2025: 0.8%Black church 2026: 1.2%Evangelical 2016: 0.8%Evangelical 2017: 1.4%Evangelical 2018: 0.4%Evangelical 2019: 2.4%Evangelical 2020: 0.9%Evangelical 2021: 0.9%Evangelical 2022: 1.2%Evangelical 2023: 0.8%Evangelical 2024: 0.7%Evangelical 2025: 1.7%Evangelical 2026: 0.9%All churches 2016: 0.3%All churches 2017: 0.6%All churches 2018: 0.3%All churches 2019: 1.1%All churches 2020: 0.2%All churches 2021: 0.6%All churches 2022: 0.4%All churches 2023: 0.3%All churches 2024: 0.2%All churches 2025: 0.6%All churches 2026: 0.6%

By denomination

Orthodox: 1.3% of 305 sermonsOrthodox1.3%Baptist: 1.2% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist1.2%Episcopal: 1.1% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal1.1%African Methodist Episcopal: 1.0% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal1.0%Catholic: 0.9% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.9%Christian / non-denominational: 0.9% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational0.9%Lutheran: 0.6% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.6%Unity: 0.5% of 844 sermonsUnity0.5%Mennonite: 0.4% of 227 sermonsMennonite0.4%Presbyterian: 0.3% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian0.3%United Methodist: 0.2% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist0.2%United Church of Christ: 0.1% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ0.1%Unitarian Universalist: 0.1% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.1%Jewish: 0.0% of 242 sermonsJewish0.0%

All churches: 0.5%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

Themes that share a sermon with The 'I AM' Sayings more often than chance (×2 = twice as often as in sermons overall).

Sermon on the Mount / Beatitudes ×8.7Salvation & Grace ×2.5Bible & Exposition ×2.2Crucifixion & Atonement ×2.1Spiritual Growth ×1.8God the Father / Creator ×1.5Sin & Repentance ×1.5Evangelism & Mission ×1.5

Churches that preach it most

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