The holidays are behind us, and as we settle into the rhythm of the new year, it’s time to start looking ahead! Easter, end of the school year, graduations, summer—before you know it, life and ministry will be back in full swing. While things might feel calm for now, the busyness is just around the corner. As we reflect on the past year and anticipate what’s ahead, we wanted to share Ministry Pass’s Top 10 Most Downloaded Series of 2024. Whether you’re building your 2025 preaching calendar for the rest of the year or looking for inspiration to guide your congregation in the months to come, these series are a great place to start. Let’s dive in!
Top 10 Sermon Series of 2024 from Ministry Pass
10.) Turning Points
Big Idea of the Series
This four-week series explores the pivotal times of change in the lives of four people in the Bible. We will observe God’s invitation in each of these moments to change and grow in in a deeper relationship with him.
View Turning Points Sermon Series here
09.) The Harvest
Big Idea of the Series
This single-week sermon for the new year looks at Matthew 9:35–38 and encourages us to pray for the lost and for the ongoing work of the gospel. Use this sermon to stir up compassion in your community, inspiring people to participate in the mission of Jesus Christ in the world.
View The Harvest Sermon Series here
08.) Family Values
Big Idea of the Series
This four-week series looks at biblical principles that build a strong family and a loving, Christ-centered home. Family life is filled with joyous wins and troubling struggles. Finding stability, safety, and community in Christ allows us to persevere through whatever comes with an enduring hope for ourselves and our families.
View Family Values Sermon Series here
07.) Hearts of Stone
Big Idea of the Series
This six-week Lent series borrows its title from Ezekiel 36 and the picture given there of “the heart of stone” (v. 26). The series looks at ways our hearts are hardened or can be hardened and God’s invitation to transform our callous hearts into “hearts of flesh.” This sermon series is meant to edify your church body by entreating stagnant Christians to seek and find spiritual renewal in Christ.
View Hearts of Stone Sermon Series here
06.) Start Small: Small Steps, Big Results
Big Idea of the Series
The new year excites new hope and inspires determination to change in the year ahead, typically through major overhauls of diets, spending, and other habits. This New Year’s sermon pulls from the encouragement and wisdom found in Zechariah 4:10 (where Zechariah and the other returned exiles are encouraged through a vision to continue the rebuilding of the temple) to show us that starting small might be the better way.
View Start Small Sermon Series here
05.) If God Is For Us
Big Idea of the Series
At the end of Romans 8, Paul asks five remarkable questions and all of them are rooted in the idea “If God is for us …” This two-week series explores both what it means and what it doesn’t mean for God to be for us.
View If God Is For Us Sermon Series here
04.) Church Explained
Big Idea of the Series
Every Sunday, for thousands of years, Christians have gathered on Sunday for worship. And when they do, the service shares common elements like songs of praise and the reading of Scripture. This four-week series will look at the practices of worship and seek to understand why we do church in this way.
View Church Explained Sermon Series here
03.) Begin Again: A Fresh Start In Christ
Big Idea of the Series
This stand-alone message is a reminder that because of and through Christ, we have a continual invitation to begin again. If last year we went astray, if our faith has gone lukewarm, if our plans for a vibrant faith have fizzled out, there is always grace and an opportunity to begin again.
View Begin Again Sermon Series here
02.) Keep In Step
Big Idea of the Series
This four-week series looks what Galatians 5 tells us about walking in the Spirit. As the Father is, so we are meant to be. We see throughout the New Testament that we can only be like the Father by imitating the life of the Son and walking hand in hand with the Spirit. This series will consider ways to “keep in step with the Spirit” (Galatians 5:25) through the new year.
View Keep In Step Sermon Series here
01.) Ordinary People. Extraordinary God.
Big Idea of the Series
This six-part series looks at the lives of ordinary people God used in extraordinary ways. By the end of the series, members of the congregation will be confident that God can do great things through them too.