If you've ever wished you could access a massive library of faithful preaching from anywhere in the world — for free — SermonAudio is that library. With nearly three million audio and video sermons from thousands of conservative Christian churches and ministries worldwide, it's the largest and most trusted platform of its kind.^1
Founded by Steven Lee in 2000, SermonAudio began with a simple desire: to give faithful churches a larger voice on the internet.^2 What started as a small website hosting audio uploads from select ministries has grown — by God's providence — into a global platform supporting unlimited sermon uploads, robust live webcasting, AI-powered sermon transcription, and native apps for iOS, Android, and Apple TV.^3 Every sermon on the platform — the entire library of nearly three million — has been transcribed using Vault AI, a fully local system with no cloud dependencies, making the full archive searchable by content.^4
SermonAudio's heart is preservation. The Vault — their physical server infrastructure — now spans four sites across three countries: Greenville SC (HQ), a remote arctic location in Canada, Northern Ireland (opened April 2026 at the LTBS Centre in Ahoghill), with more planned.^5 On November 7, 2025, the platform achieved "Independence Day" — moving all critical infrastructure (database, APIs, streaming, storage) in-house, fully under their own control.^6 In December 2025, the platform celebrated its 25th anniversary with a full-color book and short film documenting how a boy who fell asleep listening to cassette tapes of preaching grew up to build a platform reaching millions.^7
2025 was what founder Steven Lee called "an explosive year": Global Sermons launched with AI translation into 46 languages, a completely redesigned Broadcaster Dashboard went live, Smart Clips debuted for creating short-form vertical content from sermons, and a UK Parliament motion recognized the platform's work.^4 In 2026, the platform introduced a major Comments overhaul — broadcasters now manage their own sermon comments with a new Comments Manager featuring reply, highlight, and block capabilities.^9
Why Christians Love It"I've been using the first version of sermon audio app for years and it was always so glitchy, I gave up on it. I decided to see if maybe SA had a new update and lo and behold, sermon audio 2.0. Very nice update. Just what I needed." — iOS App Store Review^10
"I have supported sermon audio for a number of years. I appreciate this new app. Thank you for the app itself and I look forward to future improvements." — iOS App Store Review^10
"I love that the new app shows listen count for both audio and video! Fantastic update... great new app!" — iOS App Store Review^10
Notable- Celebrated 25th anniversary in December 2025 with a book, documentary film, and anniversary dinner at Bob Jones University^7
- Nearly three million sermons — all fully transcribed and searchable using local AI (no cloud services)^4
- The Vault Network spans four sites: Greenville SC, Vault Canada (arctic), Vault UK (Northern Ireland, opened Apr 2026), plus additional locations^5
- Achieved full infrastructure independence on Nov 7, 2025 — all critical systems now run locally^6
- Global Sermons translates sermons into 46 languages using AI^4
- UK Parliament motion (MP Gregory Campbell) recognized SermonAudio's 25 years of service^8
- Integrates with Blue Letter Bible (1.5M sermons), Logos Bible Software, Biblearc, and Church Plant Media^11
- Smart Clips creates short-form vertical content for social media distribution^13
- Free for listeners — no subscriptions, paywalls, or bandwidth limits^1
- ChurchOne companion app lets individual churches have their own branded experience^3
- Gospel of John project mailed booklets to 120,000 homes across 12 cities in 2025^8
- Featured in WORLD News coverage after Facebook temporarily removed SermonAudio links from dozens of churches in May 2025^14
Platforms: iOS, Android, Apple TV, Web Pricing: Free (listeners); broadcaster plans available
