Baptism & Communion in sermons

Baptism & Communion comes up in 12% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Mennonite (23%), Lutheran (21%), United Church of Christ (18%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (16% of sermons, up from 9.7%).

12% of sermons5,921 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about baptism, baptized, communion, the lords supper, the eucharist, bread and the cup, this is my body, the table. Part of Church & Mission. Least common in Unity churches (3.6%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%10%20%30%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 9.3%Progressive 2017: 6.2%Progressive 2018: 6.7%Progressive 2019: 12%Progressive 2020: 9.5%Progressive 2021: 6.0%Progressive 2022: 8.5%Progressive 2023: 13%Progressive 2024: 12%Progressive 2025: 12%Progressive 2026: 15%Mainline 2016: 10%Mainline 2018: 18%Mainline 2019: 15%Mainline 2020: 9.8%Mainline 2021: 8.2%Mainline 2022: 10.0%Mainline 2023: 25%Mainline 2024: 22%Mainline 2025: 24%Mainline 2026: 17%Black church 2022: 7.2%Black church 2023: 9.5%Black church 2024: 13%Black church 2025: 16%Black church 2026: 19%Evangelical 2016: 14%Evangelical 2017: 13%Evangelical 2018: 14%Evangelical 2019: 11%Evangelical 2020: 9.6%Evangelical 2021: 7.2%Evangelical 2022: 8.5%Evangelical 2023: 13%Evangelical 2024: 15%Evangelical 2025: 15%Evangelical 2026: 16%All churches 2016: 11%All churches 2017: 9.6%All churches 2018: 11%All churches 2019: 12%All churches 2020: 9.5%All churches 2021: 6.8%All churches 2022: 8.6%All churches 2023: 15%All churches 2024: 14%All churches 2025: 15%All churches 2026: 17%

By denomination

Mennonite: 23% of 227 sermonsMennonite23%Lutheran: 21% of 639 sermonsLutheran21%United Church of Christ: 18% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ18%Presbyterian: 18% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian18%African Methodist Episcopal: 17% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal17%United Methodist: 17% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist17%Christian / non-denominational: 14% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational14%Baptist: 12% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist12%Unitarian Universalist: 10.0% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist10.0%Jewish: 9.9% of 242 sermonsJewish9.9%Episcopal: 6.9% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal6.9%Catholic: 6.9% of 334 sermonsCatholic6.9%Orthodox: 4.9% of 305 sermonsOrthodox4.9%Unity: 3.6% of 844 sermonsUnity3.6%

All churches: 12%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Speaking in Tongues ×2.8The Last Supper ×2.6Pentecost ×2.2Covenant ×2.2Reformation Sunday ×2.1Calling & Purpose ×2.0Acts ×1.9Revival & Renewal ×1.7

Churches that preach it most

Listen to sermons on Divining

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