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The Parable of the Sower in sermons

The Parable of the Sower comes up in 0.4% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in African Methodist Episcopal (1.0%), Baptist (0.8%), Lutheran (0.8%) churches. It is preached more since 2025 (0.5% of sermons, up from 0.3%).

0.4% of sermons185 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about the parable of the sower, the seed fell, rocky ground, among the thorns, good soil, a hundredfold, he who has ears. Part of New Testament: Stories & Parables. Least common in Mennonite churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%0.5%1%1.5%2%2.5%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 0.0%Progressive 2017: 0.0%Progressive 2018: 0.3%Progressive 2019: 0.9%Progressive 2020: 0.3%Progressive 2021: 0.3%Progressive 2022: 0.2%Progressive 2023: 0.1%Progressive 2024: 0.4%Progressive 2025: 0.1%Progressive 2026: 0.1%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 0.0%Mainline 2021: 0.4%Mainline 2022: 0.2%Mainline 2023: 0.0%Mainline 2024: 0.3%Mainline 2025: 0.0%Mainline 2026: 0.3%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 2.4%Black church 2024: 1.8%Black church 2025: 0.6%Black church 2026: 1.1%Evangelical 2016: 0.8%Evangelical 2017: 0.0%Evangelical 2018: 0.8%Evangelical 2019: 0.4%Evangelical 2020: 1.1%Evangelical 2021: 0.8%Evangelical 2022: 0.5%Evangelical 2023: 0.3%Evangelical 2024: 0.9%Evangelical 2025: 0.2%Evangelical 2026: 0.7%All churches 2016: 0.3%All churches 2017: 0.0%All churches 2018: 0.5%All churches 2019: 0.6%All churches 2020: 0.4%All churches 2021: 0.5%All churches 2022: 0.2%All churches 2023: 0.1%All churches 2024: 0.5%All churches 2025: 0.2%All churches 2026: 0.5%

By denomination

African Methodist Episcopal: 1.0% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal1.0%Baptist: 0.8% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist0.8%Lutheran: 0.8% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.8%Presbyterian: 0.7% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian0.7%Christian / non-denominational: 0.6% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational0.6%Episcopal: 0.4% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.4%Unitarian Universalist: 0.2% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist0.2%United Church of Christ: 0.2% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ0.2%Unity: 0.1% of 844 sermonsUnity0.1%United Methodist: 0.1% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist0.1%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%Jewish: 0.0% of 242 sermonsJewish0.0%Mennonite: 0.0% of 227 sermonsMennonite0.0%

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

Preached alongside

Themes that share a sermon with The Parable of the Sower more often than chance (×2 = twice as often as in sermons overall).

Jesus: Life & Teachings ×8.9The Kingdom of God ×3.8Bible & Exposition ×2.0Salvation & Grace ×1.8Thanksgiving & Harvest ×1.7Sin & Repentance ×1.7Evangelism & Mission ×1.5Worship & Praise ×1.5

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