SermonCentral.com User Demographics

SermonCentral.com is the largest collection of sermon resources on the web. Senior pastors and preaching pastors use this site on a regular basis to prepare their sermons, with most users returning on a weekly basis. With over 1.25 million unique visitors every month and 167 million page views each year, advertising to SermonCentral users offers you the opportunity to connect with the largest gathering of church leaders in the world! This website is established with a long history of quality sermon resources, and it continues to grow exponentially. Advertising to SermonCentral users aligns your brand with a respected and valued resource in the church leader market.

Gender*
Male 66%
Female 34%
Average Visits per month: 15
*www.quantcast.com March 2012
User Position
Senior Pastor 68%
Associate Pastor/Lay Leader 14%
Youth/Children's Pastor 2%
Other 17%
83% are Pastors or Church staff
Age
Age 20-40 24%
Age 41-55 39%
Age 56+ 36%
Average Age: 50
Books & Conferences
Buy books to be more effective in ministry 99%
Attend at least 1 conference per year 90%
Attend 3 or more conferences each year 35%
Average user buys 9 books per year
User's Education
Have a Doctorate Degree 6%
Have a Masters Degree 30%
Have a Bachelors Degree 34%
Unknown 30%
69% Plan to continue their education
User's Behavior
Make or Influence Church Purchases 71%
Involved in Decision-making Process 90%
Have visited advertiser's website for more information 84%
Have purchased a featured product/service 35%
Have recommended an advertised product/service to others 39%
Regularly Recommend Resources to their congregation 79%
Would recommend SermonCentral to a colleague 99%
Denomination
Non-Denominational/Evangelical 12%
Methodist 9%
Pentecostal 7%
Assembly of God 6%
Christian Church 5%
Church of Gods 4%
Lutheran 3%
Presbyterian 3%
Nazarene 3%
Church of Christ 3%
Charismatic 2%
Evangelical Free 2%
Episcopal/Anglican 2%
Foursquare 2%
Reformed 2%
Seventh-day Adventist 2%
Disciples of Christ 1%
Wesleyan 1%
Congregational 1%
In the next 12 months, User's churches will:
Consider a trip to the Holy Land 7%
Sponsor a child through a world relief ministry 12%
Consider partnering with a para-church ministry (ie MOPS, AWANA, 40 Days of Purpose etc.) 17%
Launch a planned giving program 21%
Add a new staff person 25%
Expand their current facility or build 26%
Host a simulcast, seminar or other outreach-oriented special event at their church (ie Injoy, Crown Ministries, CCN) 32%
Purchase furniture or capital improvements 33%
Consider sending a team on a short-term missions trip 44%
Purchase audio-visual tools (ie software, videos, projection images) 57%
Purchase small group curriculum/bible studies 59%
Purchase children's/youth curriculum 62%
Purchase church supplies (communion supplies, bulletins, offering envelopes) 74%
User's Church
Have an annual budget of $250,000 22%
Have a staff of 5 or more 18%
Have at least 2 staff members 60%
Is Twice the size of the average church in America 28%
Is Larger in size than the average church in America 59%
Church more than doubled in the last 10 years 7%
Church increased by at least half it's size 10%
Is growing 70%