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Top 200 Church Blogs

October 25, 2011

This list is brought to you by Fellowship One:

There are hundreds of great church blogs and ministry blogs to read, but do you ever wonder which church blogs everyone else is reading?

I do, which is why I have compiled a list of the world’s top church blogs.

Some focus exclusively on ministry, while others are more like theology or news blogs. Regardless of how you label them, these are the world’s most popular church blogs written by many of today’s most influential church leaders, journalists, theologians, and Christ followers.

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For a legend and to understand how the rankings are computed, scroll down past the list.

TOP 200 CHURCH BLOGSĀ as of April 9, 2012

 

Name Author alexa rank compete visitors google pagerank google reader open site explorer
1 Between Two Worlds Justin Taylor 27,290 129,741 5 5,347 135,000
2 Michael Hyatt Michael Hyatt 20,367 80,256 5 5,383 105,000
3 Faith & Reason Cathy Lynn Grossman 341 12,506,374 7 837 67,666
4 Tim Challies Tim Challies 54,677 39,272 5 9,700 169,000
5 Fr. Z’s Blog John Zuhlsdorf 130,838 40,346 5 10,129 88,364
6 Stuff Christians Like Jon Acuff 63,182 29,107 5 8,240 58,293
7 GetReligion Various 249,403 39,055 6 2,780 119,000
8 Dr. Albert Mohler Albert Mohler 207,183 30,239 5 3,406 99,648
9 DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed Kevin DeYoung 27,290 129,741 4 3,020 87,365
10 The Resurgence Various 72,039 55,516 4 6,052 99,495
11 The Gospel Coalition Blog Various 27,290 129,741 4 3,964 40,559
12 Ligonier Ministries Various 45,873 105,124 4 4,380 53,386
13 Desiring God Various 28,148 191,637 4 16,809 28,784
14 Internet Monk Various 317,315 17,771 5 2,295 89,991
15 Tullian Tchividjian Tullian Tchividjian 27,290 129,741 4 1,160 35,575
16 Christianity Today Live Blog Various 21,199 50,122 6 846 18,366
16 Pure Church Thabiti Anyabwile 27,290 129,741 4 811 52,152
18 9Marks Various 171,951 21,312 4 2,322 55,385
19 Don Miller Don Miller 221,581 12,232 4 12,745 45,100
20 Rachel Held Evans Rachel Held Evans 117,725 39,692 4 2,591 32,331
21 Compassion International Various 53,135 15,851 5 1,019 23,530
21 Pyromaniacs Various 269,237 11,287 4 4,063 95,877
23 Ed Stetzer Ed Stetzer 222,159 13,741 5 1,500 30,939
24 Christ is Deeper Still Ray Ortlund 27,290 129,741 4 900 30,479
25 Acts 29 Scott Thomas 473,393 10,482 5 1,770 54,028
25 Ragamuffin Soul Carlos Whittaker 259,544 17,222 4 2,184 42,472
27 Out of Ur Various 494,960 12,644 6 956 49,029
28 Swerve Various 49,652 3,145 5 2,467 43,922
29 Ron Edmondson Ron Edmondson 261,932 16,196 4 1,521 26,884
30 Parchment and Pen Michael Patton 349,728 16,999 4 2,216 24,187
31 Church Relevance Kent Shaffer 314,879 15,208 4 2,779 20,729
32 Ministry to Children Various 107,153 222,768 4 617 19,321
33 High Calling Blogs Various 162,977 14,793 6 215 65,422
34 Church Marketing Sucks Various 460,216 7,508 5 841 41,744
35 Standing on my Head Dwight Longnecker 848,429 7,094 5 1,907 48,145
36 Steven Furtick Steven Furtick 601,208 9,715 4 3,144 39,092
37 John C. Maxwell John C. Maxwell 463,484 5,014 4 2,812 41,718
38 Worship Matters Bob Kauflin 673,688 6,120 4 2,610 56,450
39 Perry Noble Perry Noble 581,018 4,613 4 2,916 47,220
40 Tall Skinny Kiwi Andrew Jones 664,984 3,079 5 1,701 43,990
41 Jesus Creed Scot McKnight 8,191 415,862 0 1,363 41,750
42 Evangel Various 90,626 58,598 6 111 15,497
43 Brian McLaren Brian McLaren 1,377,235 6,279 5 2,021 37,077
44 Call & Response Various 401,881 11,272 6 482 11,789
45 Reformation 21 Various 342,947 12,212 3 3,873 35,942
46 Dallas News Religion Blog Various 6,340 7,540 5 273 8,845
47 Stuff Fundies Like Darrell 357,243 10,890 5 511 9,982
48 Take Your Vitamin Z Zach Nielsen 537,633 4,121 4 1,118 37,401
49 Gifted for Leadership Various 241,137 11,908 6 134 17,858
50 Adrian Warnock Adrian Warnock 802,218 4,608 4 1,421 30,743
51 nakedpastor David Hayward 490,684 6,689 4 527 23,353
52 Without Wax Pete Wilson 452,072 3,358 4 676 40,014
53 Apprising Ken Silva 182,329 37,547 3 671 23,187
54 ChurchLeaders.com Various 45,149 120,678 4 238 8,630
55 Christian Nightmares Anonymous 468,810 2,597 5 937 15,415
56 The Gospel-Driven Church Jared Wilson 932,481 6,615 4 1,511 19,176
57 Believe It or Not Kate Shellnutt 2,196 849,428 5 29 7,502
58 Peter J. Leithart Peter J. Leithart 2,425,622 3,063 5 5,524 42,015
59 Mark Driscoll Mark Driscoll 152,396 21,117 4 995 3,095
60 Kingdom People Trevin Wax 27,290 129,741 4 1,005 0
61 People of the Second Chance Various 763,959 4,530 5 914 11,314
62 The Museum of Idolatry Chris Rosebrough 846,095 4,555 4 1,034 18,028
63 Catablog Various 284,990 7,658 4 2,058 3,688
64 XXXchurch Craig Gross 225,605 11,019 5 7 25,922
65 Glory to God for All Things Father Stephen 1,881,308 4,465 5 1,623 14,545
66 Blogging Theologically Aaron Armstrong 375,402 6,173 4 713 7,832
67 Blog and Mablog Doug Wilson 343,996 9,622 4 97 38,917
68 The Cartoon Blog Dave Walker 907,750 2,744 5 490 26,175
69 Big is the New Small Scott Williams 405,046 3,377 4 391 19,690
70 Todd Rhoades Todd Rhoades 504,105 7,288 4 1,513 4,495
71 Mark Batterson Mark Batterson 914,653 3,933 4 440 41,124
72 Here I Blog Mark 174,403 4,401 5 139 10,046
73 Vintage Faith Dan Kimball 1,466,089 2,682 5 1,644 14,127
74 Zwinglius Redivivus Jim West 118,791 4,086 4 206 14,547
75 Liturgy Bosco Peters 276,519 12,357 5 106 7,200
76 Beyond Evangelical Frank Viola 505,907 5,144 4 879 6,624
77 Reformation Theology Various 516,065 8,228 4 6,381 963
78 Storied Theology J. R. Daniel Kirk 457,123 1,562 4 803 14,491
79 Josh Harris Josh Harris 986,787 7,204 4 4,271 5,026
79 The Pangea Blog Kurt Willems 8,191 415,862 0 449 9,709
81 Reclaiming the Mission David Fitch 1,520,090 2,735 5 443 33,589
82 Todd Bolen Todd Bolen 218,422 5,694 5 409 2,050
83 Brandon A Cox Brandon Cox 1,063,924 2,668 5 235 60,088
84 Jesus Needs New PR Matthew Paul Turner 703,788 3,553 4 288 24,134
85 Mark Oestreicher Mark Oestreicher 853,393 2,786 4 771 15,475
86 The Naked Bible Michael S. Heiser 629,648 8,704 4 327 8,536
87 The Church of No People Matt Appling 707,363 2,830 4 507 14,900
88 Eugene Cho Eugene Cho 1,034,327 5,740 5 143 20,258
89 Church Mag Various 78,234 11,274 4 271 2,748
90 What’s Best Next Matt Perman 1,020,889 5,202 3 1,222 33,532
91 Reformissionary Steve McCoy 1,041,751 2,029 4 1,558 13,629
92 Rethinking Youth Ministry Various 1,623,789 8,806 4 534 10,564
93 Pastors.com Various 264,206 34,252 5 69 3,534
94 Tony Morgan Live Tony Morgan 728,750 3,269 3 1,338 26,423
95 Relevant Blogs Various 42,964 85,512 5 95 1
95 The Blazing Center Various 652,386 7,746 3 1,020 10,457
95 The Sacred Page Various 1,359,386 2,791 4 563 24,435
98 Timmy Brister Timmy Brister 976,385 1,525 4 927 14,724
99 Matthew and Madeleine Flannagan Various 659,576 524 5 286 26,369
100 Shaun Groves Shaun Groves 421,350 935 4 696 10,946
101 Christian Web Trends Paul Steinbrueck 137,693 2,140 4 392 7,022
101 Pomomusings Adam Walker Cleaveland 835,820 3,704 4 561 8,851
103 Fire in my Bones J Lee Grady 136,691 67,561 4 101 3,220
104 Bock’s Blog Darrell Bock 22,858 4,674 4 150 5,003
105 Andy Naselli Andy Naselli 782,121 5,150 3 1,293 13,612
106 Life in Student Ministry Tim Schmoyer 734,075 8,761 3 590 14,011
106 Youth Specialties Various 479,686 13,943 4 421 1,180
108 Culture Making Andy Crouch 2,584,455 888 5 891 29,577
109 Terry Mattingly Terry Mattingly 298,738 1,081 5 152 13,153
110 NT Resources Blog Rod Decker 1,152,390 3,005 4 801 11,868
111 Thom Rainer Thom Ranier 677,018 6,354 4 307 6,466
112 Godspace Christine Sine 1,450,282 3,681 4 443 16,664
113 PaleoBabble Michael S. Heiser 629,648 8,704 4 263 5,248
114 Joe Thorn Joe Thorn 1,103,854 2,728 4 521 13,041
114 Skye Box Skye Jethani 2,112,651 3,478 5 440 10,370
116 Christ and Pop Culture Various 986,527 4,131 4 356 8,654
117 Leading Smart Tim Stevens 4,681,603 2,518 4 1,076 20,913
118 Modern Reject Nicole Cottrell 497,699 6,324 4 263 3,589
119 Theoblogy Tony Jones 8,191 415,862 0 300 3,035
120 Think Christian Various 820,597 4,163 5 23 13,306
121 Phil Cooke Phil Cooke 766,565 1,609 4 212 14,477
121 The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus Jon Birch 3,280,160 0 4 1,559 27,380
123 A Place For the God-Hungry Jim Martin 784,680 2,236 5 12 22,229
124 Your Church Various 1,919,064 10,573 6 10 12,241
125 Mark D. Roberts Mark D Roberts 7,008 258,408 0 84 8,066
126 Johnny Baker Johnny Baker 1,373,034 0 4 813 16,896
127 Nathan Bingham Nathan Bingham 442,623 1,889 3 485 12,171
128 A K M Adam A K M Adam 4,237,225 0 5 308 54,188
129 Pastor’s toolBox Various 7,824 15,375 4 2 0
130 Ferrell’s Travel Blog Ferrell Jenkins 268,543 3,197 4 170 3,506
131 Christianity in Today’s America Various 7,824 15,375 4 1 0
131 Glocal Christianity Matt Stone 1,160,591 6,274 4 105 10,457
133 Near Emmaus Brian LePort 729,083 2,749 4 125 11,499
134 Small Group Dynamics Various 545,007 1,403 5 124 7,384
135 Ordinary Pastor Erik Raymond 987,957 3,386 3 581 12,730
136 Kingdom Living Matt Dabbs 333,837 5,933 3 192 8,142
137 DJ Chuang DJ Chuang 980,482 3,948 4 42 16,377
138 Exploring Our Matrix James McGrath 8,191 415,862 0 134 3,656
139 Digital @ Leadership Network Various 174,078 2,747 4 225 1,022
139 J.C. Ryle Quotes Erik Kowalker 908,145 5,895 3 370 9,363
141 Tim Schraeder Tim Schraeder 935,729 4,290 3 640 7,696
142 Tim Chester Tim Chester 2,631,779 0 4 1,135 14,117
143 The Forbidden Gospels April DeConick 5,339,927 0 5 635 15,439
144 One in Jesus Jay Guin 319,899 5,025 3 210 6,723
145 Ben Arment Ben Arment 770,030 645 3 1,578 10,601
145 Nadia Bolz-Weber Nadia Bolz-Weber 8,191 415,862 0 245 29
147 Euangelion Various 8,191 415,862 0 121 2,939
148 Mere Orthodoxy Various 1,641,553 673 4 291 17,524
149 Brad Lomenick Brad Lomenick 1,028,905 712 4 135 23,613
149 Glenn Peoples Glenn Peoples 312,734 260 4 134 8,611
151 Cerulean Sanctum Dan Edelen 4,905,851 1,794 4 232 36,628
151 Sharefaith Blog Various 644,429 14,187 3 85 9,242
153 Church Leader Insights Nelson Searcy 710,531 26,459 3 157 5,493
155 Ben Reed Ben Reed 1,168,265 1,370 4 252 10,410
155 The Briefing Various 438,033 1,044 4 97 8,307
156 Black, White, and Gray Various 8,191 415,862 0 135 912
157 Orange Leaders Various 288,677 31,352 2 258 3,047
158 Bruce Reyes-Chow Bruce Reyes-Chow 2,223,993 3,893 5 95 7,723
159 Founders Ministries Blog Tom Ascol 593,232 0 4 385 5,273
159 Scott Bailey Scott Bailey 711,368 107 4 411 5,602
161 Confessions of a Small Church Pastor Chuck Warnock 3,131,701 7,601 4 290 3,934
162 Stuff Christian Culture Likes Stephanie Drury 1,308,402 1,568 4 957 1,777
163 Plywood People Various 553,757 1,086 5 121 4,364
163 The Worship Community Various 1,153,063 6,163 3 224 11,500
165 Robert Cargill Robert Cargill 945,833 1,848 4 223 6,433
166 Adam McLane Adam McLane 870,085 1,875 3 487 9,553
166 Bishop Alan Alan Wilson 5,163,552 0 5 477 11,946
166 The Evangelical Outpost Various 2,584,566 1,310 5 216 10,222
169 Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth Nick Norelli 2,123,841 0 4 291 17,834
170 Ancient Hebrew Poetry John Hobbins 2,052,062 4,185 4 568 948
170 Introverted Church Adam McHugh 905,557 2,239 4 379 2,086
172 Slow Church Various 8,191 415,862 0 87 1,007
173 Doug Fields Doug Fields 1,124,976 2,786 3 841 6,577
174 Fibonacci Faith Richard Dahlstrom 8,191 415,862 0 87 912
175 Everyday Christian Various 448,540 11,346 3 48 5,651
176 Fundamentally Reformed Bob Hayton 904,901 3,639 3 147 12,731
177 Vridar Neil Godfrey 331,100 0 4 179 4,491
178 Phil Gons Phil Gons 2,218,793 1,156 4 377 7,821
179 Church Stage Design Ideas Jonathan Malm 510,730 3,089 2 475 7,057
180 NT Blog Mark Goodacre 1,194,106 0 5 577 1,784
180 Targuman Chris Brady 2,615,716 1,430 4 158 14,814
182 Justin Wise Justin Wise 972,552 401 4 320 5,320
183 Catholics, Media, and Culture John Kennedy 7,008 258,408 0 6 2,768
184 Will Mancini Will Mancini 2,069,680 1,350 4 485 4,387
185 Margaret Feinberg Margaret Feinberg 1,035,961 4,089 4 47 5,511
186 THEOOZE Spencer Burke 3,860,066 698 5 140 13,081
187 Drew Goodmanson Drew Goodmanson 1,520,199 3,730 3 497 5,956
188 Christian Piatt Christian Piatt 8,191 415,862 0 36 527
189 Unsettled Christianity Joel L. Watts 840,846 0 4 13 19,339
190 Till He Comes Jeremy Myers 546,814 10,328 3 129 2,756
191 Christian Research Network Various 1,025,863 5,879 3 7 17,621
192 Faith Forward Various 8,191 415,862 0 31 2
193 p.ost Andrew Perriman 3,702,686 781 4 242 11,959
194 Maurilio Amorim Maurilio Amorim 572,060 2,091 3 388 3,251
194 Youthblog Ian MacDonald 2,876,323 2,572 4 246 5,501
196 DashHouse.com Darryl Dash 1,526,860 1,236 3 250 21,895
197 Gathering in Light C. Wess Daniels 1,245,843 812 4 166 6,875
198 Church Mouse Publishing Anonymous 5,170,251 0 5 399 6,271
198 Church Tech Today Various 1,609,883 2,798 4 268 1,521
200 Political Jesus Rodney Thomas 2,284,718 1,509 4 118 9,096

LEGEND

  • Alexa Rank
    Alexa’s traffic rankings are based on the usage patterns of Alexa Toolbar users and data collected from other, diverse sources over a rolling 3 month period. A site’s ranking is based on a combined measure of reach and pageviews. Reach is determined by the number of unique Alexa users who visit a site on a given day. Pageviews are the total number of Alexa user URL requests for a site. However, multiple requests for the same URL on the same day by the same user are counted as a single pageview. The site with the highest combination of users and pageviews is ranked #1.
  • Compete Visitors
    The number of unique visitors that visited the website in January 2012 according to Compete.
  • Google PageRank
    PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves “important” weigh more heavily and help to make other pages “important.”
  • Google Reader Subscribers
    The number of Google Reader users that subscribe to each blog. Note: this is not total RSS subscribers but rather how many Google Reader users subscribe to each blog.
  • Open Site Explorer Inlinks
    The number of links going to a blog.

HOW THE LIST IS COMPUTED

  1. Several hundred blogs are reviewed in a preliminary screening to determine if their statistics are competitive enough to be ranked.
  2. 270 blogs are selected to be ranked.
  3. Data is collected for each blog from all 5 measured criteria (i.e., Alexa Rank, Compete Visitors, Google PageRank, Google Reader Subscribers, and Open Site Explorer Inlinks).
  4. For each of the 5 measured criteria, each blog is ranked in comparison to all other blogs being evaluated.
  5. A composite rank for each blog is determined by averaging each blogs ranking from the 5 measured criteria.
  6. The top 200 blogs are published.

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