1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity in sermons

1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity comes up in 0.8% of the 49,328 transcribed sermons on Divining, most often in Unitarian Universalist (1.8%), Mennonite (0.4%), African Methodist Episcopal (0.1%) churches. It is preached less since 2025 (0.3% of sermons, down from 1.1%).

0.8% of sermons410 sermons14 denominations

Sermons on this theme talk about the inherent worth and dignity of every person, first principle, worth and dignity of every person. Part of UU: The Seven Principles. Least common in Jewish churches (0.0%).

Year by year

ProgressiveMainlineBlack churchEvangelicalAll churches
0%1%2%3%4%201620182020202220242026Progressive 2016: 3.9%Progressive 2017: 0.6%Progressive 2018: 2.3%Progressive 2019: 1.2%Progressive 2020: 2.2%Progressive 2021: 1.7%Progressive 2022: 2.1%Progressive 2023: 1.5%Progressive 2024: 1.3%Progressive 2025: 0.9%Progressive 2026: 1.5%Mainline 2016: 0.0%Mainline 2018: 0.0%Mainline 2019: 0.0%Mainline 2020: 0.0%Mainline 2021: 0.0%Mainline 2022: 0.0%Mainline 2023: 0.2%Mainline 2024: 0.0%Mainline 2025: 0.0%Mainline 2026: 0.1%Black church 2022: 0.0%Black church 2023: 0.0%Black church 2024: 0.0%Black church 2025: 0.0%Black church 2026: 0.2%Evangelical 2016: 0.0%Evangelical 2017: 0.0%Evangelical 2018: 0.8%Evangelical 2019: 0.0%Evangelical 2020: 0.0%Evangelical 2021: 0.1%Evangelical 2022: 0.0%Evangelical 2023: 0.0%Evangelical 2024: 0.2%Evangelical 2025: 0.1%Evangelical 2026: 0.1%All churches 2016: 2.2%All churches 2017: 0.3%All churches 2018: 1.5%All churches 2019: 0.6%All churches 2020: 1.6%All churches 2021: 0.8%All churches 2022: 1.3%All churches 2023: 1.1%All churches 2024: 0.8%All churches 2025: 0.5%All churches 2026: 0.2%

By denomination

Unitarian Universalist: 1.8% of 21,206 sermonsUnitarian Universalist1.8%Mennonite: 0.4% of 227 sermonsMennonite0.4%African Methodist Episcopal: 0.1% of 1,402 sermonsAfrican Methodist Episcopal0.1%Unity: 0.1% of 844 sermonsUnity0.1%Baptist: 0.1% of 6,663 sermonsBaptist0.1%United Church of Christ: 0.1% of 2,752 sermonsUnited Church of Christ0.1%Christian / non-denominational: 0.1% of 7,785 sermonsChristian / non-denominational0.1%United Methodist: 0.0% of 3,745 sermonsUnited Methodist0.0%Episcopal: 0.0% of 2,010 sermonsEpiscopal0.0%Lutheran: 0.0% of 639 sermonsLutheran0.0%Catholic: 0.0% of 334 sermonsCatholic0.0%Orthodox: 0.0% of 305 sermonsOrthodox0.0%Presbyterian: 0.0% of 300 sermonsPresbyterian0.0%Jewish: 0.0% of 242 sermonsJewish0.0%

All churches: 0.8%. Denominations with 150+ tagged sermons.

Preached alongside

Themes that share a sermon with 1st Principle: Inherent Worth & Dignity more often than chance (×2 = twice as often as in sermons overall).

Interdependence & Nature ×4.4Unitarian Universalist Identity ×3.4Identity & Worth ×2.6Racial Justice ×2.2Reason & Free Inquiry ×2.0Stewardship & Giving ×1.8Gender & Sexuality / Inclusion ×1.8Immigration & Refuge ×1.7

Churches that preach it most

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