Jonah in sermons

Jonah comes up in 0.8% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Lutheran (1.7%), Baptist (1.6%), African Methodist Episcopal (1.6%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (1.0% of sermons, up from 0.6%).

0.8% of sermons384 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about jonah, the great fish, swallowed by the whale, nineveh, ran from the lord, cast into the sea. Part of Old Testament: Stories. Least common in Catholic churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%1%2%3%4%5%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 1.0%Progressive 2017: 3.1%Progressive 2018: 1.0%Progressive 2019: 2.2%Progressive 2020: 0.3%Progressive 2021: 0.2%Progressive 2022: 0.4%Progressive 2023: 0.5%Progressive 2024: 0.6%Progressive 2025: 0.4%Progressive 2026: 0.1%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 0.0%Mainline 2021: 0.2%Mainline 2022: 0.3%Mainline 2023: 2.7%Mainline 2024: 1.3%Mainline 2025: 0.2%Mainline 2026: 1.1%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 2.4%Black church 2024: 3.6%Black church 2025: 0.3%Black church 2026: 1.8%Evangelical 2016: 4.2%Evangelical 2017: 0.7%Evangelical 2018: 1.6%Evangelical 2019: 2.0%Evangelical 2020: 2.9%Evangelical 2021: 0.5%Evangelical 2022: 0.7%Evangelical 2023: 0.8%Evangelical 2024: 2.0%Evangelical 2025: 1.1%Evangelical 2026: 1.3%All churches 2016: 1.9%All churches 2017: 1.8%All churches 2018: 1.1%All churches 2019: 2.1%All churches 2020: 0.8%All churches 2021: 0.3%All churches 2022: 0.4%All churches 2023: 0.8%All churches 2024: 1.2%All churches 2025: 0.5%All churches 2026: 1.2%

By denomination

Lutheran: 1.7% of 639 sermonsLutheran1.7%Baptist: 1.6% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist1.6%African Methodist Episcopal: 1.6% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal1.6%United Church of Christ: 1.3% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ1.3%Jewish: 1.2% of 242 sermonsJewish1.2%Presbyterian: 1.0% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian1.0%Christian / non-denominational: 0.8% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational0.8%Unity: 0.7% of 844 sermonsUnity0.7%Orthodox: 0.7% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.7%United Methodist: 0.6% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist0.6%Mennonite: 0.4% of 227 sermonsMennonite0.4%Unitarian Universalist: 0.4% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.4%Episcopal: 0.4% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.4%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%

All churches: 0.8%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Abraham & Isaac ×2.4Work & Vocation ×1.9Forgiveness & Reconciliation ×1.9Sin & Repentance ×1.9The Kingdom of God ×1.9Bible & Exposition ×1.9Crucifixion & Atonement ×1.6Spiritual Growth ×1.6

Churches that preach it most

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