The Best Funny Sermon Jokes

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Ah the sermon. For the vicar or preacher it’s one of the most important parts of the church service, but for the poor congregation it’s often the most boring part.

While there are some preachers who are good orators and who can deliver a good sermon that is short and to the point, there are many who seem to drone on and on and send their congregations to sleep.

So here’s to all the sermon jokes and we have a good collection here for you to browse through. Hope you get a good laugh out of them.

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Local Country Church

An elderly woman walked into the local country church. The friendly usher greeted her at the door and helped her to walk up the flight of steps. “Where would you […]

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Gladys Dunn

Gladys Dunn recently moved into a retirement community in a small town out West. One beautiful sunny Sunday morning, she walked down the street to a church that was not […]

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The Things That Young Children Say

Ah the things that young children say and the questions that they ask. You can’t help but laugh, but at the same time it makes you so proud to be […]

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Peach Brandy

There was an old priest from a church in County Cork in the south of Ireland who enjoyed a drink of liquor now and then, but his real passion was […]

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The Anti British Catholic Priest

Years ago in Ireland, there was a very anti British Catholic priest, who would let it be known in no uncertain terms exactly how he felt about the Brtish and […]

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Forgive Your Enemies

The subject of the preacher’s Sunday sermon was “Forgive Your Enemies”. After a lengthy presentation, he asked the congregation how many of them were willing to forgive their enemies. About […]

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The Visiting Minister

During the Sunday Service in the church and right in the middle of his sermon, the visiting Minister suddenly stopped talking and called one of the ushers over to the […]

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Break Time

Three boys were in the school yard during break time and were bragging about their fathers. The first boy said, “My father scribbles a few words on a piece of […]

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The Demon Drink

Ah the demon drink, the root of all evil, or so the church would have you believe. A Catholic priest in Ireland was giving one of his parishioners his usual […]

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The Short Sermon

A vicar gave a really short sermon in just ten minutes one Sunday morning, which was about half the usual length that he spent talking when giving his sermons. He […]

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After Church

After church one Sunday morning, a family were walking home when the mother commented to her husband, “The choir was awful this morning”. The father commented back to her, “Yes […]

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I Am So Tired

Christmas was finally over and the Pastor’s wife dropped into an easy chair saying, “Thank goodness that’s over for another year! I am so tired.” Her husband looked over at […]