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The Nativity in sermons

The Nativity comes up in 0.6% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Mennonite (2.2%), African Methodist Episcopal (0.9%), Baptist (0.9%) churches. It is preached less since 2025 (0.5% of sermons, down from 0.6%).

0.6% of sermons284 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about no room in the inn, laid in a manger, shepherds watching their flocks, the wise men, the star of bethlehem, away in a manger, mary and joseph. Part of New Testament: Stories & Parables. Least common in Orthodox churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%2%4%6%8%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.0%Progressive 2017: 0.0%Progressive 2018: 1.0%Progressive 2019: 0.9%Progressive 2020: 0.5%Progressive 2021: 0.5%Progressive 2022: 0.4%Progressive 2023: 0.9%Progressive 2024: 0.5%Progressive 2025: 0.8%Progressive 2026: 0.3%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 2.9%Mainline 2021: 0.5%Mainline 2022: 0.5%Mainline 2023: 0.7%Mainline 2024: 0.6%Mainline 2025: 1.1%Mainline 2026: 0.3%Black church 2022: 1.4%Black church 2023: 7.1%Black church 2024: 0.0%Black church 2025: 2.3%Black church 2026: 0.1%Evangelical 2016: 0.8%Evangelical 2017: 1.4%Evangelical 2018: 0.8%Evangelical 2019: 1.2%Evangelical 2020: 1.8%Evangelical 2021: 1.0%Evangelical 2022: 0.7%Evangelical 2023: 0.9%Evangelical 2024: 1.0%Evangelical 2025: 1.7%Evangelical 2026: 0.4%All churches 2016: 0.3%All churches 2017: 0.6%All churches 2018: 0.8%All churches 2019: 1.0%All churches 2020: 0.8%All churches 2021: 0.7%All churches 2022: 0.5%All churches 2023: 0.9%All churches 2024: 0.6%All churches 2025: 1.2%All churches 2026: 0.3%

By denomination

Mennonite: 2.2% of 227 sermonsMennonite2.2%African Methodist Episcopal: 0.9% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal0.9%Baptist: 0.9% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist0.9%Christian / non-denominational: 0.6% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational0.6%Unitarian Universalist: 0.5% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.5%Lutheran: 0.5% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.5%United Methodist: 0.5% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist0.5%United Church of Christ: 0.4% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ0.4%Jewish: 0.4% of 242 sermonsJewish0.4%Presbyterian: 0.3% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian0.3%Episcopal: 0.3% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.3%Unity: 0.2% of 844 sermonsUnity0.2%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%

All churches: 0.6%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Joseph ×7.9Advent & Christmas ×6.0God the Father / Creator ×1.4Bible & Exposition ×1.3Fear & Anxiety ×1.3

Churches that preach it most

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