WorkingPreacher.org recently passed a big milestone—2.5 million annual visits. This number represents a 33 percent increase from last year in visits to Luther Seminary’s free online preaching resource.
Since the site’s redesign in 2013, site visits from tablets have doubled and we’ve seen 2½ times the visits from mobile phones. That’s a lot of preachers on the go!
Working Preacher’s reach is global, with visitors accessing the site from more than 200 countries and territories. Of those, 63 garner more than 1,000 visits annually to the site.
Finally, more than 40 percent of visits to Working Preacher are from new visitors, and the remaining 60 percent are among those who return week after week.
“This is a one-of-a-kind resource and I love it…I MUST stop here first each week as I research and prepare my sermon. Thank you so much for this service and resource.”—Working Preacher fan
Working Preacher continues to support preachers on a weekly basis, with regular commentaries on the Revised Common Lectionary in English and Spanish. The site also hosts a growing number of preachers using the Narrative Lectionary a four-year plan for reading the Bible in chronological event order that is housed on Working Preacher.org.
Working Preacher provides insights, new ideas, inspiration and regular encouragement to assist preachers in sharing God’s message with others.
Narrative Lectionary content drew more than 260,000 annual visits to the site, or about one-tenth of total site visits. Innovative preaching resources like the Narrative Lectionary happen because of faithful gifts to Working Preacher.
As always, Working Preacher welcomes your thoughts and ideas. Please send your insights to cbp@luthersem.edu.
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