Racial Justice in sermons

Racial Justice comes up in 9.8% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Unitarian Universalist (19%), Mennonite (13%), Unity (9.2%) churches. It is preached less since 2025 (5.7% of sermons, down from 12%).

9.8% of sermons4,817 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about racial justice, racism, black lives matter, white supremacy, civil rights, dr king, beloved community, dismantle racism. Part of Justice, Mercy & the World. Least common in Orthodox churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%5%10%15%20%25%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 20%Progressive 2017: 16%Progressive 2018: 18%Progressive 2019: 21%Progressive 2020: 21%Progressive 2021: 18%Progressive 2022: 18%Progressive 2023: 19%Progressive 2024: 18%Progressive 2025: 17%Progressive 2026: 21%Mainline 2016: 5.0%Mainline 2018: 12%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 8.0%Mainline 2021: 3.2%Mainline 2022: 2.4%Mainline 2023: 6.9%Mainline 2024: 5.8%Mainline 2025: 7.1%Mainline 2026: 5.8%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 0.0%Black church 2024: 0.9%Black church 2025: 2.3%Black church 2026: 0.9%Evangelical 2016: 0.0%Evangelical 2017: 1.4%Evangelical 2018: 2.0%Evangelical 2019: 3.2%Evangelical 2020: 5.2%Evangelical 2021: 1.2%Evangelical 2022: 0.8%Evangelical 2023: 2.5%Evangelical 2024: 1.1%Evangelical 2025: 2.2%Evangelical 2026: 0.8%All churches 2016: 12%All churches 2017: 8.1%All churches 2018: 11%All churches 2019: 12%All churches 2020: 17%All churches 2021: 9.8%All churches 2022: 11%All churches 2023: 14%All churches 2024: 11%All churches 2025: 10%All churches 2026: 4.5%

By denomination

Unitarian Universalist: 19% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist19%Mennonite: 13% of 227 sermonsMennonite13%Unity: 9.2% of 844 sermonsUnity9.2%United Church of Christ: 7.5% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ7.5%Jewish: 6.6% of 242 sermonsJewish6.6%United Methodist: 5.6% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist5.6%Catholic: 2.7% of 334 sermonsCatholic2.7%Christian / non-denominational: 1.7% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational1.7%Episcopal: 1.2% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal1.2%African Methodist Episcopal: 1.1% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal1.1%Presbyterian: 1.0% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian1.0%Baptist: 0.8% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist0.8%Lutheran: 0.8% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.8%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%

All churches: 9.8%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Gun Violence & Safety ×3.57th Principle: Interdependent Web ×3.44th Principle: Free & Responsible Search ×3.3Beloved Community ×2.9Economic Justice & Wealth ×2.7Prison & Restorative Justice ×2.7Indigenous Justice & Land ×2.6Unitarian Universalist Identity ×2.6

Churches that preach it most

Listen to sermons on Divining

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