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Reformation Sunday in sermons

Reformation Sunday comes up in 0.4% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Mennonite (2.6%), Lutheran (2.0%), United Church of Christ (0.6%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (0.5% of sermons, up from 0.3%).

0.4% of sermons190 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about reformation sunday, the reformation, ninety-five theses, a mighty fortress is our god, semper reformanda. Part of Seasons & the Church Calendar. Least common in Orthodox churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%0.5%1%1.5%2%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.5%Progressive 2017: 0.0%Progressive 2018: 1.7%Progressive 2019: 1.6%Progressive 2020: 0.4%Progressive 2021: 0.2%Progressive 2022: 0.3%Progressive 2023: 0.4%Progressive 2024: 0.4%Progressive 2025: 0.3%Progressive 2026: 0.5%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 0.6%Mainline 2021: 0.4%Mainline 2022: 0.3%Mainline 2023: 0.5%Mainline 2024: 1.1%Mainline 2025: 1.1%Mainline 2026: 0.7%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 0.0%Black church 2024: 0.0%Black church 2025: 0.6%Black church 2026: 0.0%Evangelical 2016: 0.0%Evangelical 2017: 0.0%Evangelical 2018: 0.8%Evangelical 2019: 0.8%Evangelical 2020: 0.5%Evangelical 2021: 0.1%Evangelical 2022: 0.1%Evangelical 2023: 0.2%Evangelical 2024: 0.3%Evangelical 2025: 0.2%Evangelical 2026: 0.4%All churches 2016: 0.3%All churches 2017: 0.3%All churches 2018: 1.1%All churches 2019: 1.1%All churches 2020: 0.5%All churches 2021: 0.2%All churches 2022: 0.3%All churches 2023: 0.3%All churches 2024: 0.5%All churches 2025: 0.4%All churches 2026: 0.5%

By denomination

Mennonite: 2.6% of 227 sermonsMennonite2.6%Lutheran: 2.0% of 639 sermonsLutheran2.0%United Church of Christ: 0.6% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ0.6%Jewish: 0.4% of 242 sermonsJewish0.4%United Methodist: 0.4% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist0.4%Unitarian Universalist: 0.4% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.4%Presbyterian: 0.3% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian0.3%Christian / non-denominational: 0.3% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational0.3%Episcopal: 0.3% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.3%Baptist: 0.3% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist0.3%African Methodist Episcopal: 0.1% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal0.1%Unity: 0.1% of 844 sermonsUnity0.1%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%

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

Preached alongside

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

Salvation & Grace ×2.8Baptism & Communion ×2.1Bible & Exposition ×2.1Crucifixion & Atonement ×2.1Sin & Repentance ×2.0Faith & Civic Life ×1.7Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion ×1.7Marriage ×1.6

Churches that preach it most

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