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Stewardship & Giving in sermons

Stewardship & Giving comes up in 6.2% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Unitarian Universalist (8.4%), Baptist (5.7%), Unity (5.2%) churches. Its share has held steady since 2025 (6.0%).

6.2% of sermons3,079 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about tithe, tithing, offering, stewardship, generous giving, first fruits, pledge, give generously. Part of Christian Living. Least common in Presbyterian churches (1.3%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%5%10%15%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 1.5%Progressive 2017: 3.7%Progressive 2018: 5.3%Progressive 2019: 9.3%Progressive 2020: 8.3%Progressive 2021: 7.9%Progressive 2022: 8.6%Progressive 2023: 7.3%Progressive 2024: 6.9%Progressive 2025: 9.0%Progressive 2026: 13%Mainline 2016: 2.5%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 2.5%Mainline 2020: 6.3%Mainline 2021: 2.4%Mainline 2022: 2.7%Mainline 2023: 5.2%Mainline 2024: 4.1%Mainline 2025: 3.6%Mainline 2026: 4.6%Black church 2022: 1.4%Black church 2023: 7.1%Black church 2024: 6.3%Black church 2025: 5.4%Black church 2026: 3.6%Evangelical 2016: 3.4%Evangelical 2017: 5.4%Evangelical 2018: 7.3%Evangelical 2019: 5.1%Evangelical 2020: 3.2%Evangelical 2021: 5.0%Evangelical 2022: 5.3%Evangelical 2023: 4.3%Evangelical 2024: 5.2%Evangelical 2025: 4.4%Evangelical 2026: 5.7%All churches 2016: 2.2%All churches 2017: 4.2%All churches 2018: 5.5%All churches 2019: 7.1%All churches 2020: 7.2%All churches 2021: 5.8%All churches 2022: 6.8%All churches 2023: 6.4%All churches 2024: 5.9%All churches 2025: 6.7%All churches 2026: 5.9%

By denomination

Unitarian Universalist: 8.4% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist8.4%Baptist: 5.7% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist5.7%Unity: 5.2% of 844 sermonsUnity5.2%United Church of Christ: 5.1% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ5.1%Lutheran: 4.9% of 639 sermonsLutheran4.9%Mennonite: 4.8% of 227 sermonsMennonite4.8%Christian / non-denominational: 4.8% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational4.8%African Methodist Episcopal: 4.2% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal4.2%United Methodist: 4.1% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist4.1%Jewish: 2.1% of 242 sermonsJewish2.1%Orthodox: 2.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox2.0%Episcopal: 1.6% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal1.6%Catholic: 1.5% of 334 sermonsCatholic1.5%Presbyterian: 1.3% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian1.3%

All churches: 6.2%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

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

Economic Justice & Wealth ×2.8Indigenous Justice & Land ×2.2Church Life & Membership ×2.1Immigration & Refuge ×2.1Unitarian Universalist Identity ×1.9Thanksgiving & Harvest ×1.9Service & Spiritual Gifts ×1.91st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity ×1.8

Churches that preach it most

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Share of transcribed sermons on Divining with at least one chapter on a theme, from Divining’s topic segmenter; 2016 to Nov 2026. Updated Nov 2, 2026 · Site map · Divining: a deeper search for meaning · build_seo_pages v0.0.1