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The archive, offline.

SermonIndex as ZIM files for Kiwix — the reader schools, prisons and clinics already use to carry Wikipedia where there is no connection. One file holds the pages, the search and the recordings, and it keeps working for ever on a disk.

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Kiwix is the reader that schools, prisons, ships and clinics use to carry Wikipedia where there is no internet. It reads a single file, a ZIM, that holds an entire website — pages, search index and media — compressed into one download. We have put SermonIndex into that format, so the preaching travels to the places that need it most and that a web server was never going to reach.

Nothing here phones home. Once the file is on the disk it works with the aeroplane mode on, for ever, and it can be copied from one machine to another by hand.

Reading them

Install Kiwix — it is free, and there is a version for Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, iOS and the Raspberry Pi — then open any file below. On a shared network, kiwix-serve turns one file into a site the whole building can browse.

The whole collection, as one address

If you run a library rather than a single reader, subscribe to the catalogue instead of collecting the links below. It lists every edition with its size and checksum, and it is rebuilt whenever one of them changes.

OPDS catalogue OPDS 1.2, the format Kiwix's own library speaks — and what Calibre-Web and similar software read.
https://api.sermonindex.net/kiwix/library.xml
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RSS feed The same editions as an RSS 2.0 feed with enclosures, for tools that expect a podcast shape.
https://api.sermonindex.net/kiwix/feed.xml
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Text editions

Transcripts only. Small, quick to download, and the place to start.

Twenty preachers Transcripts from the twenty preachers most read on SermonIndex. The quickest way to see what these files are.
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225 MB
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The whole text archive Every transcript in the archive, every preacher, with no audio. Small enough for a phone.
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629 MB
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The Bible

Every English translation the API carries, in the same reader our WordPress plugin uses: a chapter of numbered verses, and a click on any one of them copies it with its reference.

The English Bible Every English translation on the SermonIndex API, in the same reader the WordPress plugin uses — click a verse and it copies with its reference.
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103 MB
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One preacher at a time, with the audio

Each of these carries a preacher's transcripts and his recordings, re-encoded so a life's preaching fits on a memory card. Take the one you want; there is no need for the whole library.

Hans R. Waldvogel 147 recordings · about 61 hours — Hans R. Waldvogel (1893-1969) was a Swiss-American Pentecostal pastor who co-founded Ridgewood Pentecostal Church in Brooklyn in 1925. He emphasized prayer, worship, and the centrality…
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735 MB
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George Warnock 92 recordings · about 108 hours — George Warnock (1917-2010) was a Canadian author associated with the Latter Rain movement. He is best known for his 1951 book The Feast of Tabernacles, an influential work on…
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1.2 GB
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C.H. Spurgeon 178 recordings · about 138 hours — Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892) was an English Particular Baptist preacher known as the 'Prince of Preachers.' He served 38 years at the Metropolitan Tabernacle in London,…
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1.8 GB
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K.P. Yohannan 319 recordings · about 141 hours — K.P. Yohannan (1950-2024) was an Indian Christian missionary who founded Gospel for Asia in 1979 to support indigenous missionaries. He authored over 200 books and his radio broadcasts…
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1.6 GB
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Richard E. Bieber 481 recordings · about 164 hours — Richard E. Bieber was an American pastor who served a diverse urban congregation near downtown Detroit. He created the Maranatha Mirror Messages ministry of short, devotional writings.
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1.8 GB
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T. Austin-Sparks 317 recordings · about 244 hours — Theodore Austin-Sparks (1888-1971) was a British Christian leader who resigned from Baptist ministry in 1926 to establish Honor Oak Christian Fellowship in London. His teaching…
sha256 1304f12ce0cbda2a…
2.8 GB
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J. Glyn Owen 312 recordings · about 241 hours — J. Glyn Owen (1919-2017) was a Welsh Presbyterian preacher and a pivotal figure in the Evangelical Movement of Wales. He ministered at churches in Cardiff, Wrexham, and Belfast,…
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2.8 GB
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Paris Reidhead 406 recordings · about 295 hours — Paris Reidhead (1919-1992) was an American missionary and preacher who served with the Sudan Interior Mission before pastoring the Gospel Tabernacle in New York City. He is best known…
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3.4 GB
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William MacDonald 474 recordings · about 310 hours — William MacDonald (1917-2007) was an American Plymouth Brethren author and former president of Emmaus Bible College. He published 84 books including the widely-used Believer's Bible…
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3.2 GB
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A.W. Tozer 516 recordings · about 324 hours — Aiden Wilson Tozer (1897-1963) was an American pastor and editor with the Christian and Missionary Alliance denomination. He served 33 years as pastor of Southside Alliance Church in…
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4.3 GB
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Erlo Stegen 351 recordings · about 351 hours — Erlo Stegen (1935-2023) was a South African missionary and revival preacher who founded KwaSizabantu Mission in 1970. He led a revival among the Zulu people in the 1960s and…
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3.8 GB
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David Wilkerson 707 recordings · about 574 hours — David Wilkerson (1931-2011) was an American evangelist best known for founding Teen Challenge and writing The Cross and the Switchblade. He pioneered street ministry to urban gangs in…
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6.4 GB
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Stephen Kaung 534 recordings · about 580 hours — Stephen Kaung (1915-2022) was a Chinese-American Bible teacher and author who worked closely with Watchman Nee in China before emigrating to the United States in 1952. He authored…
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6.3 GB
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Leonard Ravenhill 804 recordings · about 598 hours — Leonard Ravenhill (1907-1994) was a British revival preacher who moved to the United States in 1958. He is best known for his book Why Revival Tarries, which has sold over one million…
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6.6 GB
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George Verwer 737 recordings · about 599 hours — George Verwer (1938-2023) was an American evangelist and founder of Operation Mobilisation, a missionary organization that grew to over 5,000 staff in more than 100 countries. He…
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6.6 GB
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Chuck Smith 864 recordings · about 658 hours — Chuck Smith (1927-2013) was an American pastor and founder of the Calvary Chapel movement, growing it from 25 people to over 1,000 churches worldwide. He was a pioneer of contemporary…
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7.2 GB
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Art Katz 684 recordings · about 682 hours — Art Katz (1929-2007) was an American author and preacher of Jewish background who was converted to Christianity in 1963. He traveled worldwide for nearly 40 years teaching on biblical…
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7.6 GB
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Carter Conlon 1025 recordings · about 709 hours — Carter Conlon (b. 1951) is a Canadian-born pastor who served as senior pastor of Times Square Church in New York City from 2001 to 2020. He succeeded David Wilkerson and is known for…
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7.9 GB
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Shane Idleman 1057 recordings · about 768 hours — Shane Idleman is the founder and lead pastor of Westside Christian Fellowship in Lancaster, California. He is a conference speaker and author of several books calling the church back…
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8.5 GB
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Zac Poonen 2624 recordings · about 2061 hours — Zac Poonen (b. 1939) is an Indian Bible teacher and former naval officer who came to faith in 1959. He founded the Christian Fellowship Centre in Bangalore in 1975 and has authored…
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22.7 GB
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