Loneliness & Isolation in sermons

Loneliness & Isolation comes up in 2.7% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Unitarian Universalist (4.2%), Jewish (3.7%), United Church of Christ (2.6%) churches. Its share has held steady since 2025 (2.7%).

2.7% of sermons1,348 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about loneliness, feeling alone, isolation, god is with you in the loneliness, the ache of being alone. Part of Human Experience & Emotion. Least common in Catholic churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%2%4%6%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 5.4%Progressive 2017: 1.9%Progressive 2018: 2.7%Progressive 2019: 2.8%Progressive 2020: 5.5%Progressive 2021: 2.7%Progressive 2022: 3.6%Progressive 2023: 4.7%Progressive 2024: 4.7%Progressive 2025: 5.1%Progressive 2026: 5.5%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 3.0%Mainline 2019: 5.0%Mainline 2020: 3.4%Mainline 2021: 0.4%Mainline 2022: 0.2%Mainline 2023: 1.7%Mainline 2024: 2.2%Mainline 2025: 3.6%Mainline 2026: 2.1%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 0.0%Black church 2024: 0.0%Black church 2025: 3.1%Black church 2026: 1.6%Evangelical 2016: 0.8%Evangelical 2017: 0.7%Evangelical 2018: 4.0%Evangelical 2019: 0.8%Evangelical 2020: 3.9%Evangelical 2021: 0.7%Evangelical 2022: 0.4%Evangelical 2023: 1.1%Evangelical 2024: 2.1%Evangelical 2025: 2.8%Evangelical 2026: 2.2%All churches 2016: 3.3%All churches 2017: 2.1%All churches 2018: 3.3%All churches 2019: 2.1%All churches 2020: 5.0%All churches 2021: 1.6%All churches 2022: 2.4%All churches 2023: 3.6%All churches 2024: 3.6%All churches 2025: 4.1%All churches 2026: 2.4%

By denomination

Unitarian Universalist: 4.2% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist4.2%Jewish: 3.7% of 242 sermonsJewish3.7%United Church of Christ: 2.6% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ2.6%Christian / non-denominational: 2.1% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational2.1%Unity: 2.0% of 844 sermonsUnity2.0%Presbyterian: 2.0% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian2.0%Mennonite: 1.8% of 227 sermonsMennonite1.8%United Methodist: 1.7% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist1.7%African Methodist Episcopal: 1.7% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal1.7%Baptist: 1.3% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist1.3%Lutheran: 0.6% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.6%Episcopal: 0.4% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.4%Orthodox: 0.3% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.3%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%

All churches: 2.7%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Faith & Mental Health ×2.5Interdependence & Nature ×2.4Disability & Belonging ×2.1Friendship & Belonging ×1.9Divorce & Broken Relationships ×1.9Beloved Community ×1.8Immigration & Refuge ×1.8Addiction & Recovery ×1.8

Churches that preach it most

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