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Pentecost in sermons

Pentecost comes up in 0.4% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in African Methodist Episcopal (1.1%), Christian / non-denominational (0.8%), Lutheran (0.8%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (0.6% of sermons, up from 0.3%).

0.4% of sermons208 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about pentecost sunday, tongues of fire, the upper room, day of pentecost, the church was born, rushing wind. Part of Seasons & the Church Calendar. Least common in Jewish churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%0.5%1%1.5%2%2.5%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.5%Progressive 2017: 0.0%Progressive 2018: 0.7%Progressive 2019: 0.3%Progressive 2020: 0.2%Progressive 2021: 0.1%Progressive 2022: 0.1%Progressive 2023: 0.2%Progressive 2024: 0.1%Progressive 2025: 0.1%Progressive 2026: 0.2%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 1.1%Mainline 2021: 0.6%Mainline 2022: 0.3%Mainline 2023: 0.2%Mainline 2024: 0.6%Mainline 2025: 0.4%Mainline 2026: 0.4%Black church 2022: 1.4%Black church 2023: 0.0%Black church 2024: 0.9%Black church 2025: 0.6%Black church 2026: 1.4%Evangelical 2016: 1.7%Evangelical 2017: 2.0%Evangelical 2018: 0.8%Evangelical 2019: 0.8%Evangelical 2020: 0.9%Evangelical 2021: 0.5%Evangelical 2022: 0.6%Evangelical 2023: 1.1%Evangelical 2024: 1.0%Evangelical 2025: 0.6%Evangelical 2026: 0.9%All churches 2016: 0.8%All churches 2017: 0.9%All churches 2018: 0.7%All churches 2019: 0.5%All churches 2020: 0.4%All churches 2021: 0.3%All churches 2022: 0.2%All churches 2023: 0.4%All churches 2024: 0.4%All churches 2025: 0.3%All churches 2026: 0.7%

By denomination

African Methodist Episcopal: 1.1% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal1.1%Christian / non-denominational: 0.8% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational0.8%Lutheran: 0.8% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.8%Baptist: 0.8% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist0.8%Presbyterian: 0.7% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian0.7%United Methodist: 0.6% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist0.6%Mennonite: 0.4% of 227 sermonsMennonite0.4%Catholic: 0.3% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.3%United Church of Christ: 0.3% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ0.3%Episcopal: 0.1% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.1%Unitarian Universalist: 0.1% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.1%Unity: 0.1% of 844 sermonsUnity0.1%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%Jewish: 0.0% of 242 sermonsJewish0.0%

All churches: 0.4%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Acts ×10.7Holy Spirit ×7.3The Kingdom of God ×3.4Crucifixion & Atonement ×3.0Bible & Exposition ×2.3Baptism & Communion ×2.2Evangelism & Mission ×2.2Salvation & Grace ×2.2

Churches that preach it most

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