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.

And you can follow almost everyone of them on Twitter!

Want to brag about your rank or give some link love to the Top 200 Church Blogs list? Embed the badge at the bottom of this page on your website.

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

TOP 200 CHURCH BLOGS
as of October 25, 2011

Name Author 1 Between Two Worlds Justin Taylor 45,503 83,238 5 4,931 209,652 2 Michael Hyatt Michael Hyatt 19,321 59,226 5 3,888 176,895 3 DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed Kevin DeYoung 45,503 83,238 5 2,568 111,972 4 GetReligion Various 197,281 36,866 6 2,614 456,744 5 Tim Challies Tim Challies 79,498 35,554 5 2,351 379,931 6 Dr. Albert Mohler Albert Mohler 225,222 36,100 5 3,023 383,788 7 Jesus Creed Scot Mcknight 9,572 296,549 5 1,379 86,643 8 The Resurgence Various 82,297 113,916 4 4,654 310,166 9 Pyromaniacs Various 225,170 13,883 5 3,714 189,326 10 Fr. Z’s Blog John Zuhlsdorf 142,338 40,875 4 9,150 333,221 11 Don Miller Don Miller 167,628 11,898 5 12,408 93,061 12 Desiring God Various 32,924 161,076 4 15,495 59,535 13 Internet Monk Various 385,739 23,710 5 2,243 226,059 14 Stuff Christians Like Jon Acuff 61,055 31,732 5 7,252 37,380 15 Faith & Reason Cathy Lynn Grossman 403 8,819,176 6 834 35,386 16 Ligonier Ministries Various 64,848 81,128 4 3,906 60,004 17 The Gospel Coalition Blog Various 45,503 83,238 4 3,206 38,770 18 9Marks Various 208,280 16,025 4 1,904 103,343 18 Swerve Various 55,729 3,322 5 2,407 95,130 20 Christ is Deeper Still Ray Ortlund 45,503 83,238 5 839 28,967 21 Acts 29 Scott Thomas 440,852 11,414 5 1,699 94,319 22 Ragamuffin Soul Carlos Whittaker 173,388 8,285 4 2,008 101,867 23 Reformation 21 Various 490,291 12,901 4 3,432 169,345 24 Pure Church Thabiti Anyabwile 45,503 83,238 4 696 59,765 24 Rachel Held Evans Rachel Held Evans 130,212 16,970 4 1,882 59,915 26 Compassion International Various 76,955 9,013 6 947 38,702 27 Parchment and Pen Michael Patton 291,573 12,206 4 2,057 77,854 28 Church Relevance Kent Shaffer 377,202 16,293 4 2,747 70,358 29 Steven Furtick Steven Furtick 269,429 10,466 4 2,660 66,979 30 Kingdom People Trevin Wax 342,857 12,685 4 1,517 98,620 31 Blog and Mablog Doug Wilson 558,606 8,089 5 1,373 111,010 32 Josh Harris Josh Harris 373,372 46,634 4 1,162 80,359 33 Tullian Tchividjian Tullian Tchividjian 45,503 83,238 4 969 24,157 34 Ministry to Children Various 106,693 217,775 4 539 46,880 35 Standing on my Head Dwight Longnecker 888,052 9,130 5 1,781 108,323 36 Jesus Needs New PR Matthew Paul Turner 116,424 16,045 4 1,407 37,581 36 Perry Noble Perry Noble 491,816 8,276 4 2,630 84,830 38 Reformation Theology Various 723,104 13,617 4 5,578 73,849 39 High Calling Blogs Various 148,298 19,345 6 147 102,493 40 Ed Stetzer Ed Stetzer 249,349 11,763 4 1,297 49,565 41 Church Marketing Sucks Various 430,564 5,627 5 730 76,939 42 Adrian Warnock Adrian Warnock 726,810 5,395 5 1,429 88,069 43 Tall Skinny Kiwi Andrew Jones 598,683 2,271 5 1,632 182,160 44 Evangel Various 90,104 59,078 6 111 53,315 45 Brian McLaren Brian McLaren 1,107,658 3,806 5 1,923 103,008 46 Tony Morgan Live Tony Morgan 365,478 4,140 4 1,378 73,161 47 Dallas News Religion Blog Various 5,748 3,760 6 262 42,721 48 Catablog Various 180,080 7,210 4 1,906 18,230 49 John C. Maxwell John C. Maxwell 335,814 7,115 4 2,458 22,759 49 Out of Ur Various 652,694 4,792 6 943 42,810 51 Worship Matters Bob Kauflin 983,291 4,309 4 2,463 109,644 52 Pomomusings Adam Walker Cleaveland 561,243 4,459 4 559 133,053 53 Think Christian Various 866,881 6,865 4 2,116 54,110 54 Take Your Vitamin Z Zach Nielsen 436,163 3,378 4 1,053 63,245 55 Shaun Groves Shaun Groves 496,034 4,914 4 652 66,770 56 Todd Bolen Todd Bolen 209,041 2,870 5 405 35,021 57 Andy Naselli Andy Naselli 841,132 5,839 4 1,167 52,746 58 Ron Edmondson Ron Edmondson 250,172 4,841 4 1,187 17,640 59 What’s Best Next Matt Perman 656,809 3,609 4 1,153 56,167 60 Glory to God for All Things Father Stephen 3,459,362 7,186 5 1,530 77,533 60 Matthew and Madeleine Flannagan Various 243,912 1,017 6 269 100,807 60 The Church of Jesus Christ Joel L. Watts 138,789 8,564 4 170 53,752 63 Without Wax Pete Wilson 592,208 2,385 4 597 110,707 64 Mark D. Roberts Mark D Roberts 6,729 386,897 4 93 22,116 65 The Cartoon Blog Dave Walker 1,215,505 4,247 5 477 92,028 66 Liturgy Bosco Peters 340,169 5,310 5 174 43,143 67 The Blazing Center Various 645,903 6,035 4 735 28,809 68 Call & Response Various 404,933 9,863 6 422 8,224 69 Peter J. Leithart Peter J. Leithart 1,549,344 1,066 5 4,770 89,720 70 Emergent Village Various 524,577 1,954 5 780 37,707 71 The Sacred Page Various 1,372,599 4,106 5 535 69,286 72 nakedpastor David Hayward 446,130 2,613 4 450 55,795 73 Euangelion Various 9,443 296,549 3 650 13,895 74 Bock’s Blog Darrell Bock 26,275 7,150 4 125 27,416 75 Stuff Fundies Like Darrell 496,448 11,247 4 458 19,767 76 Reformissionary Steve McCoy 1,393,299 2,052 4 1,530 85,898 77 Brandon A Cox Brandon Cox 582,825 3,007 5 175 68,460 78 Vintage Faith Dan Kimball 2,361,750 1,129 6 1,526 94,311 79 XXXchurch Craig Gross 238,601 16,892 5 8 23,819 80 Storied Theology J. R. Daniel Kirk 296,690 1,382 4 556 35,413 81 Leading Smart Tim Stevens 1,287,266 1,846 5 1,030 48,834 82 Reclaiming the Mission David Fitch 1,189,968 1,973 6 364 72,967 83 Zwinglius Redivivus Jim West 78,220 2,366 4 181 35,416 84 The Gospel-Driven Church Jared Wilson 931,875 1,588 4 1,536 49,991 85 Pastors.com Various 299,228 30,383 4 273 5,238 85 Timmy Brister Timmy Brister 997,912 2,220 4 927 50,328 87 Believe It or Not Kate Shellnutt 2,121 888,163 6 22 543 88 Christian Nightmares Anonymous 497,662 1,810 4 828 26,354 89 Glocal Christianity Matt Stone 449,485 6,304 4 99 46,992 90 Founders Ministries Blog Tom Ascol 849,020 20,581 4 353 13,819 91 A Place For the God-Hungry Jim Martin 563,345 2,238 5 105 67,434 92 PaleoBabble Michael S. Heiser 805,317 6,014 5 220 19,012 93 Off the Agenda Tim Avery 384,925 27,791 6 84 6,079 94 Here I Blog Mark 209,720 4,643 4 116 21,063 95 The Evangelical Outpost Various 1,963,698 2,240 5 208 350,843 96 Christian Web Trends Paul Steinbrueck 90,354 2,951 4 296 9,122 97 Scott Bailey Scott Bailey 333,105 2,048 4 411 19,975 98 The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus Jon Birch 1,558,000 0 5 1,551 75,520 99 People of the Second Chance Various 408,514 1,714 4 816 15,928 100 The Church of No People Matt Appling 807,685 2,394 4 454 30,596 101 Church Mag Various 77,453 9,498 4 176 2,848 102 More Than Dodgeball Joshua Griffin 1,229,610 2,217 4 1,175 25,042 103 Fire in my Bones J Lee Grady 90,559 80,955 4 83 3,717 104 Nathan Bingham Nathan Bingham 308,558 3,982 3 435 39,488 105 Life in Student Ministry Tim Schmoyer 801,978 4,456 4 550 11,601 106 Gathering in Light C. Wess Daniels 751,721 2,461 4 179 56,081 107 Catholics, Media, and Culture John Kennedy 6,729 386,897 4 6 1,575 108 Gifted for Leadership Various 332,725 4,889 6 115 4,903 109 The Naked Bible Michael S. Heiser 805,317 6,014 4 271 16,737 110 Ben Arment Ben Arment 693,654 148 4 1,584 31,233 111 Youth Specialties Various 498,201 13,108 4 364 1,100 112 Unashamed Workman Colin Adams 3,293,014 2,238 4 862 63,163 113 NT Resources Blog Rod Decker 2,771,942 2,427 5 690 27,622 114 Johnny Baker Johnny Baker 1,372,976 0 4 794 127,950 115 Culture Making Andy Crouch 1,624,201 1,350 5 858 22,679 116 Ferrell’s Travel Blog Ferrell Jenkins 434,336 4,876 4 157 12,896 117 Godspace Christine Sine 2,602,682 3,313 4 405 51,466 118 Shaun in the City Shaun King 620,977 3,436 4 359 9,043 118 THEOOZE Spencer Burke 1,161,150 2,443 4 118 86,984 120 Relevant Blogs Various 55,699 27,016 4 81 62 121 Ancient Hebrew Poetry John Hobbins 1,158,528 4,358 4 549 8,347 122 Mark Oestreicher Mark Oestreicher 1,540,469 1,871 4 702 24,256 123 Jonathan McKee Jonathan McKee 234,033 3,215 4 232 2,083 124 J.C. Ryle Quotes Erik Kowalker 1,419,796 2,754 4 330 24,141 125 Sharefaith Blog Various 747,011 12,007 3 85 93,223 126 Christianity in Today’s America Various 5,313 24,721 4 1 0 127 ChurchLeaders.com Various 81,418 70,340 3 175 6,056 128 Joe Thorn Joe Thorn 1,456,080 2,096 4 410 22,126 129 Terry Mattingly Terry Mattingly 183,043 575 5 137 11,742 130 DJ Chuang DJ Chuang 827,483 3,028 4 23 44,394 131 Drew Goodmanson Drew Goodmanson 1,644,191 2,041 4 499 20,193 132 A K M Adam A K M Adam 3,868,923 206 6 295 85,682 133 One in Jesus Jay Guin 350,359 5,360 3 205 17,178 134 Skye Box Skye Jethani 2,362,003 1,157 6 374 21,083 135 Brad Lomenick Brad Lomenick 1,517,530 411 4 1,225 22,497 136 Ordinary Pastor Erik Raymond 853,315 6,911 3 510 14,937 136 Tim Chester Tim Chester 1,913,060 0 4 1,079 41,842 138 Kingdom Living Matt Dabbs 266,457 3,790 3 186 20,043 138 Mark Beeson Mark Beeson 2,195,185 1,615 4 725 20,463 140 Cerulean Sanctum Dan Edelen 2,581,263 1,319 4 231 80,140 141 Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth Nick Norelli 1,412,524 0 5 290 39,074 142 Joshua Blankenship Joshua Blankenship 553,341 813 4 512 6,077 143 Bishop Alan Alan Wilson 2,402,773 0 5 458 39,632 144 Orange Leaders Various 313,431 29,333 3 234 903 145 Confessions of a Small Church Pastor Chuck Warnock 2,655,109 5,071 4 284 12,165 146 Fundamentally Reformed Bob Hayton 450,659 8,818 3 119 17,546 146 Scripture Zealot Jeff Oien 1,435,869 4,232 4 84 23,650 146 The Forbidden Gospels April DeConick 4,057,041 0 5 618 39,139 149 Brad Ruggles Brad Ruggles 876,547 963 4 229 20,490 150 Big is the New Small Scott Williams 546,727 1,863 3 317 27,150 151 Glenn Peoples Glenn Peoples 430,307 1,206 4 97 16,429 152 The Sola Panel Various 2,074,761 370 4 658 28,368 152 Vridar Neil Godfrey 300,176 0 4 166 17,715 154 Youthblog Ian MacDonald 1,599,121 1,902 4 243 20,086 155 Chrisendom Chris Tilling 2,008,205 1,125 4 251 34,115 156 Evotional Mark Batterson 863,379 1,937 4 275 4,662 157 Church Leader Insights Nelson Searcy 537,159 39,521 3 138 5,089 158 Small Group Dynamics Various 686,470 1,904 6 107 1,878 159 Blogging Theologically Aaron Armstrong 616,255 4,020 3 457 4,588 160 Phil Gons Phil Gons 3,187,286 1,758 4 374 20,305 161 Robert Cargill Robert Cargill 804,720 583 4 199 17,154 162 In Light of the Gospel James Grant, Jr. 1,692,155 792 4 230 28,314 163 Feeding on Christ Various 2,513,429 1,565 4 233 24,095 164 Biblical Paths Stephen Smuts 855,801 3,635 4 21 12,146 164 Hillsong Collected Various 761,372 2,430 4 185 1,506 166 p.ost Andrew Perriman 3,141,002 1,035 4 212 41,105 167 Near Emmaus Brian LePort 646,791 2,601 4 59 6,817 168 Pastor’s toolBox Various 5,313 24,721 3 2 0 169 Anne Jackson Anne Jackson 1,864,429 64 4 1,316 10,206 170 DashHouse.com Darryl Dash 2,327,606 445 4 208 47,726 171 Stuff Christian Culture Likes Stephanie Drury 2,805,513 1,384 4 794 6,910 172 Adam McLane Adam McLane 891,433 2,316 3 437 13,701 173 Dave Black Dave Black 1,021,989 2,418 4 0 19,731 173 Sansblogue Tim Bulkeley 671,116 858 5 50 10,259 175 Subversive Influence Brother Maynard 3,297,629 1,965 4 83 51,722 176 Collide Magazine Various 874,825 1,995 3 594 10,207 176 Walt Mueller Walt Mueller 1,768,106 1,190 4 826 1,510 178 Church Mouse Publishing Anonymous 2,418,395 0 5 403 14,256 179 The Worship Community Various 1,063,692 3,083 3 197 20,345 180 Exploring Our Matrix James McGrath 1,011,776 1,413 5 175 1,278 180 Targuman Chris Brady 1,919,851 577 4 145 40,465 182 Till He Comes Jeremy Myers 629,479 10,565 3 83 9,099 183 Tim Schraeder Tim Schraeder 1,084,507 2,516 3 548 6,740 184 NT Blog Mark Goodacre 1,689,487 0 5 539 2,719 185 Christ and Pop Culture Various 1,555,957 3,324 3 265 17,223 186 Next Gener.Asian Church Various 6,540,066 1,326 4 160 31,845 187 Mere Orthodoxy Various 1,686,356 1,450 4 172 11,804 187 The Blue Fish Project Dave Bish 3,374,899 129 4 351 24,129 189 Glocalnet Mark Roberts 1,115,938 872 4 104 14,685 190 Rhett Smith Rhett Smith 2,263,991 392 4 188 23,344 191 Stalin’s Moustache Roland Boer 1,741,052 0 5 193 12,111 192 Margaret Feinberg Margaret Feinberg 1,581,540 2,339 4 44 13,466 193 Plywood People Various 487,975 303 4 105 5,997 194 Everyday Christian Various 681,290 10,034 3 48 6,813 195 Doug Fields Doug Fields 721,502 1,172 3 634 2,919 196 Blaine Hogan Blaine Hogan 2,665,822 624 4 402 9,340 196 Dave Ferguson Dave Ferguson 1,144,437 875 4 94 12,511 198 Seeds Various 480,309 2,490 3 228 267 199 5 minute Bible Tim Bulkeley 754,020 588 5 35 4,228 200 Communicate Jesus Steve Kryger 1,083,456 2,187 3 272 7,080

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 September 2011 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.
• Yahoo Inlinks
  The number of links going to a blog’s entire site but excluding all self-linking links.

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. 254 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 Yahoo 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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