The Turning Point Broadcast Archive: Complete Guide
Plenty of people who listen to David Jeremiah every week could not name his church. They know Turning Point, the broadcast ministry he founded in 1982 to carry his preaching onto radio and, later, television. This page covers the broadcast archive: what Turning Point holds, how it relates to the pulpit at Shadow Mountain Community Church, and where to find the messages free. Our David Jeremiah sermon archive page approaches the same body of work through the preacher.
Maintained by
Turning Point Ministries (David Jeremiah)
Span
1982–present
Scale
Four decades of broadcasting
Formats
Audio · Video · Some text
What Is the Turning Point Broadcast Archive?
David Jeremiah has been senior pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California since the early 1980s, having previously pastored in Fort Wayne, Indiana. His preaching is expository and orderly, built on clear outlines and memorable structure, which happens to be exactly what survives the edit down to a broadcast slot.
He founded Turning Point in 1982 as the media arm of that ministry. It began as a radio programme and expanded into weekly television carried on national networks, then into podcasts, an app and a large publishing operation. The result is a broadcast archive built from decades of Sunday preaching, plus prophecy and topical series that Turning Point produced specifically for the air. Jeremiah has written dozens of books, many of which began as preaching series.
What's Inside the Archive
Turning Point's archive is organised around series rather than individual Sundays, because that is how the broadcast is packaged and sold. Knowing the series name is usually the fastest way in.
- Daily radio programmes and weekly television broadcasts drawn from decades of Shadow Mountain preaching
- Named topical and expository series, many of which became books
- Prophecy and end-times series, a recurring emphasis across the ministry's history
- Podcast feeds and a mobile app carrying the current programme and a rolling back catalogue
- Study guides, devotionals and printed resources produced alongside the broadcasts
How to Access the Turning Point Archive
The broadcasts are free to hear and watch. Turning Point funds itself substantially through resource sales, so some study material and older series are sold rather than given away; check the official site for what is currently free.
davidjeremiah.org
The official Turning Point site, with the broadcast archive, series listings, devotionals and station schedules.
Turning Point television and radio
The weekly television programme and daily radio broadcast are carried on national networks and Christian stations.
Podcast and app
Turning Point distributes the programme through podcast apps and its own mobile app for offline listening.
Shadow Mountain Community Church
The El Cajon congregation where the preaching originates, publishing its current services separately from the broadcast archive.
Official site: davidjeremiah.org · Rights: © Turning Point — free to stream for personal study
Want a Transcript of a Sermon from This Archive?
Turning Point publishes study guides and written material for many series, but the archive itself is primarily audio and video; check davidjeremiah.org for text availability on a specific message rather than assuming a transcript exists.
For a message you have rights to use, our free transcription tool produces searchable, time-stamped text in minutes, which is the practical way to follow one of Jeremiah's outlines point by point. Keep transcripts of copyrighted preaching for personal study.
Our David Jeremiah sermon notes page condenses his outlining method, and the David Jeremiah famous sermons profile covers his best-known messages.
Transcribe sermon audio freeHow Turning Point's Approach Can Inspire Your Church's Archive
Turning Point is a case study in packaging. The preaching would be good either way; the packaging is why it reaches a national audience.
1.Preach in outlines that survive an edit
Clear, numbered structure is what lets a forty-minute sermon become a twenty-five-minute broadcast without losing the argument. Structure is a production decision as much as a homiletic one.
2.Name the series before you preach it
Turning Point series carry titles that work on a book cover, a broadcast listing and a search result. Naming a series in advance gives your archive a page worth linking to.
3.Let one series become several products
A single run of sermons becomes a broadcast season, a study guide and a book. A transcript is the cheap intermediate step that makes the second and third products possible.
For the full step-by-step playbook, read our guides on building searchable sermon archives and publishing a searchable sermon archive in 30 days.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Turning Point free?
The daily radio and weekly television broadcasts are free to hear and watch, and a rolling selection of messages is free to stream on davidjeremiah.org and through the podcast. The ministry sells study guides, books and series sets, so not everything in the catalogue is free; the official site is the place to check.
What church does David Jeremiah pastor?
Shadow Mountain Community Church in El Cajon, California, near San Diego, where he has served as senior pastor since the early 1980s. Turning Point is the separate broadcast ministry that carries his preaching to radio and television.
How many books has David Jeremiah written?
Dozens, many of them developed directly out of preaching series. Rather than trust a fixed number, check the current bibliography on davidjeremiah.org, since he has continued publishing regularly for decades.
Where can I watch Turning Point?
The weekly television programme airs on national Christian networks and broadcast stations, and episodes are also available on davidjeremiah.org, the Turning Point app and the ministry's video channels. Current listings are published on the official site.
Is Turning Point the same as Shadow Mountain Community Church?
No. Shadow Mountain is the congregation where the sermons are preached. Turning Point, founded in 1982, is the media ministry that records, edits and broadcasts them. Searching for one often surfaces the other because most of the broadcast content originates in the Shadow Mountain pulpit.
Are Turning Point sermon transcripts available?
Turning Point publishes study guides and written resources for many series, but it does not maintain a complete free transcript library in the way Grace to You does. For a specific message, check the official site first; otherwise a transcript of a recording you legitimately hold is the practical route for personal study.
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Turning Point: life, ministry, and most famous sermons
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