The Electric Pulpit

Type: Concept

As of November 2026, The Electric Pulpit has been mentioned in one podcast episode on Stuff You Should Know (Nov 2025). Described as a platform for evangelists to reach wide audiences via AM radio.

A pulpit is an elevated stand for preachers in a Christian church. The origin of the word is the Latin pulpitum. A traditional pulpit is raised well above the surrounding floor for audibility and visibility, accessible by steps, with sides about waist height. From the late medieval period onwards, pulpits have often had a canopy known as the sounding board, tester or abat-voix above and sometimes also behind the speaker, normally in wood. Although sometimes highly decorated, this is not purely d