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 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, theologians, and Christ followers.

And you can follow almost everyone of them on Twitter!

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

TOP 100 CHURCH BLOGS (+ 30 bonus blogs)
as of March 16, 2010

Name Author 1 Desiring God Various 42,899 134,600 5 9,211 129,872 2 Tim Challies Tim Challies 112,424 29,276 5 6,902 305,670 3 Jesus Creed Scot Mcknight 3,979 427,565 5 1,301 124,388 4 GetReligion Various 158,344 35,654 6 1,691 472,360 5 Michael Hyatt Michael Hyatt 48,610 31,974 5 1,942 137,109 6 The Resurgence Various 196,999 22,736 5 3,868 265,866 7 Pyromaniacs Various 252,505 13,025 5 2,294 152,660 8 Internet Monk Michael Spencer 272,283 9,430 6 1,979 240,592 9 Church Marketing Sucks Various 204,933 7,564 5 4,093 89,948 10 Between Two Worlds Justin Taylor 65,757 43,884 4 2,196 79,029 11 Church Relevance Kent Shaffer 294,474 10,460 5 2,329 76,609 12 Reformation 21 Various 572,049 10,997 5 2,007 118,367 13 Tall Skinny Kiwi Andrew Jones 409,244 6,284 5 1,352 245,785 14 Don Miller Don Miller 190,144 70,940 4 5,278 45,880 15 Swerve Various 66,471 3,331 5 1,680 102,897 16 Brian McLaren Brian McLaren 489,224 8,770 6 1,198 91,286 17 Flowerdust Anne Jackson 137,108 5,409 5 856 77,555 18 Stuff Christians Like Jon Acuff 89,518 33,238 4 1,513 42,296 19 Mark D. Roberts Mark D Roberts 498,765 13,654 5 492 158,048 20 Compassion International Various 51,561 48,169 5 595 27,594 21 Without Wax Pete Wilson 263,101 6,407 4 1,477 99,258 22 Josh Harris Josh Harris 403,313 11,946 4 3,213 63,677 23 Ligonier Ministries Various 92,748 38,689 4 1,865 27,838 24 Ragamuffin Soul Carlos Whittaker 195,015 6,125 4 1,012 123,458 25 Real Live Preacher Gordon Atkinson 404,792 4,996 6 532 153,342 26 Church Crunch John Saddington 98,161 5,894 5 636 31,621 27 Perry Noble Perry Noble 577,878 10,376 4 1,274 93,136 28 Evotional Mark Batterson 817,693 7,173 4 2,774 108,368 29 Eugene Cho Eugene Cho 508,548 4,580 5 883 70,672 30 Parchment and Pen Michael Patton 338,491 7,103 4 1,160 50,597 31 DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed Kevin DeYoung 65,903 43,884 4 576 26,380 32 9Marks Various 369,366 1,995 4 3,291 89,438 33 Monday Morning Insight Todd Rhoades 295,037 6,392 4 1,252 34,937 34 The Gospel Coalition Blog Various 65,903 43,884 4 745 12,635 35 THEOOZE Spencer Burke 399,125 3,340 5 396 97,372 36 Dr. Albert Mohler Albert Mohler 210,540 49,328 5 969 3,575 37 Think Christian Various 905,555 3,962 5 1,844 65,386 38 Human3rror John Saddington 106,088 6,582 5 202 39,087 39 Liturgy Bosco Peters 319,408 7,253 5 107 101,678 40 Founders Ministries Blog Tom Ascol 622,633 20,346 4 1,014 48,212 41 XXXchurch Craig Gross 149,280 25,694 5 74 65,731 42 Adrian Warnock Adrian Warnock 612,206 2,292 5 1,182 89,390 43 Reformation Theology Various 867,809 5,640 4 2,984 68,305 44 Vintage Faith Dan Kimball 1,158,979 3,119 5 1,391 97,064 45 Kingdom People Trevin Wax 594,012 9,763 4 725 65,339 46 22 Words Abraham Piper 542,210 3,730 4 2,073 49,564 47 Shaun in the City Shaun King 465,354 3,119 5 229 143,711 48 Leading Smart Tim Stevens 729,920 3,521 5 808 60,553 49 Out of Ur Various 519,125 9,025 5 745 14,604 50 Emergent Village Various 1,366,155 2,924 5 996 136,561 51 Tony Morgan Live Tony Morgan 487,238 2,222 4 1,652 70,890 52 Worship Matters Bob Kauflin 1,031,475 4,745 4 1,421 86,418 53 Phil Cooke Phil Cooke 407,150 5,566 4 755 30,647 54 Catablog Various 252,091 10,001 4 982 10,882 55 Christ is Deeper Still Ray Ortlund 65,903 43,884 4 308 10,848 56 Glory to God for All Things Father Stephen 1,485,383 6,183 5 1,008 46,071 57 Ed Stetzer Ed Stetzer 568,937 6,834 4 2,080 17,176 58 The Cartoon Blog Dave Walker 633,976 4,071 5 305 75,347 59 Acts 29 Scott Thomas 580,995 10,944 5 104 74,779 60 DJ Chuang DJ Chuang 785,383 4,226 5 174 164,147 61 Blog and Mablog Doug Wilson 574,552 5,437 4 391 86,126 62 High Calling Blogs Various 324,419 4,218 4 173 99,552 63 Steven Furtick Steven Furtick 952,117 7,294 4 583 71,353 64 JollyBlogger David Wayne 1,392,145 6,362 4 485 144,735 65 Jesus Needs New PR Matthew Paul Turner 294,703 10,304 4 1,425 3,335 66 Shaun Groves Shaun Groves 412,927 10,135 4 164 54,592 67 Ministry to Children Various 208,559 122,768 4 111 23,607 68 Bock’s Blog Darrell Bock 22,757 1,363 4 465 29,929 69 Open Source Theology Andrew Perriman 602,436 4,934 5 153 48,676 70 Ben Arment Ben Arment 502,749 1,248 4 1,147 38,913 71 Pomomusings Adam Walker Cleaveland 464,418 9,817 3 227 195,425 72 The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus Jon Birch 908,897 0 5 1,223 72,283 73 Kem Meyer Kem Meyer 1,193,517 1,640 5 1,195 29,913 74 Big is the New Small Scott Williams 238433 4,190 4 276 16,864 75 John C. Maxwell John C. Maxwell 383,732 3,470 4 656 14,004 76 Timmy Brister Timmy Brister 1,359,110 4,958 4 657 43,002 77 Reformissionary Steve McCoy 1,925,203 1,833 4 1,277 95,465 78 Ed Young Jr. Ed Young Jr. 882,008 4,561 4 968 23,435 79 Johnny Baker Johnny Baker 572,535 0 4 679 138,718 80 Jordon Cooper Jordon Cooper 881,551 1,654 5 209 88,280 81 Take Your Vitamin Z Zach Nielsen 686,617 3,149 4 619 38,176 82 nakedpastor David Hayward 320,560 4,078 4 136 34,629 83 Digital @ Leadership Network Various 393,748 4,665 4 243 16,494 84 Christian Web Trends Paul Steinbrueck 102,532 43,082 4 81 7,897 85 Glocal Christianity Matt Stone 497,361 8,743 4 51 38,878 86 A Place For the God-Hungry Jim Martin 442,030 1,133 4 254 47,825 87 More Than Dodgeball Joshua Griffin 1,346,678 3,798 4 532 27,820 88 Off the Agenda Tim Avery 432,902 31,372 5 44 6,178 89 Brad Ruggles Brad Ruggles 529,926 3,427 4 220 25,366 90 Bishop Alan Alan Wilson 551,413 0 5 301 34,642 91 Mark Beeson Mark Beeson 2,209,424 3,433 5 574 18,135 92 The Church of No People Matt Appling 600,906 2,725 4 603 12,111 93 Church Communications Pro Various 344,676 4,054 4 83 22,555 94 In Light of the Gospel James Grant, Jr. 416,178 2,031 4 185 23,161 95 Mere Orthodoxy Various 1,506,109 2,156 5 246 28,566 96 What’s Best Next Matt Perman 1,475,225 2,038 4 637 27,593 97 Kingdom Living Matt Dabbs 249,040 2,559 4 129 11,311 98 Pure Church Thabiti Anyabwile 65,757 43,884 0 189 7,007 99 Unashamed Workman Colin Adams 2,237,757 760 4 747 40,484 100 Bill Kinnon Bill Kinnon 1,328,158 921 4 233 55,584 101 Culture Making Andy Crouch 1,563,285 908 5 452 15,216 102 Dave Ferguson Dave Ferguson 1,473,656 911 4 623 26,578 103 Collide Magazine Scott McClellan 234,995 4,702 3 395 6,794 104 Ron Edmondson Ron Edmondson 722,155 4,471 4 168 9,318 105 Confessions of a Small Church Pastor Chuck Warnock 1,508,636 5,082 4 226 13,262 106 Lo-Fi Tribe Shawn Anthony 496,079 2,887 4 15 28,487 107 Reclaiming the Mission David Fitch 1,686,282 164 5 148 67,186 108 The Gospel-Driven Church Jared Wilson 2,141,755 0 4 692 46,746 109 Cerulean Sanctum Dan Edelen 2,336,258 1,440 4 169 71,570 110 Call & Response Various 775,166 7,972 5 57 38 111 Church Leader Insights Nelson Searcy 602,033 18,234 3 402 4,013 112 The Evangelical Outpost Various 1,536,665 3,594 3 126 371,117 113 Bruce Reyes-Chow Bruce Reyes-Chow 2,680,902 1,428 5 251 17,116 114 Drew Goodmanson Drew Goodmanson 2,436,401 1,838 4 401 21,186 115 Joe Thorn Joe Thorn 2,124,050 736 4 529 24,710 116 Godspace Christine Sine 1,436,043 0 4 264 43,269 117 Tim Chester Tim Chester 2,545,953 0 4 687 34,189 118 Fred McKinnon Fred McKinnon 442,030 2,649 3 143 27,766 119 Smart Christian Andrew Jackson 3,659,116 385 4 255 78,193 120 Bob Hyatt Bob Hyatt 1,825,588 0 4 292 44,067 120 The Blazing Center Various 851,706 3,168 3 359 21,837 122 Already Been Chewed Barton Damer 950,340 209 4 460 12,283 123 Tullian Tchividjian Tullian Tchividjian 1,143,135 6,432 3 404 9,417 124 The Sola Panel Various 2,552,744 652 4 502 17,350 125 Christianity in Today’s America Various 13,963 141,744 2 2 4,467 126 DashHouse.com Darryl Dash 2,385,457 1,767 4 75 46,183 127 Nathan Bingham Nathan Bingham 1,645,401 849 4 271 13,091 128 The Digital Sanctuary Cynthia Ware 1,474,417 3,363 4 55 18,934 129 People of the Second Chance Various 1,467,611 924 4 266 9,389 130 Scott Hodge Scott Hodge 1,795,220 0 4 798 9,983

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 2010 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.
• 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. 200 well-known blogs are selected.
2. Data is collected for each blog from all 5 measured criteria (i.e., Alexa Rank, Compte Visitors, Google PageRank, Google Reader Subscribers, and Yahoo Inlinks).
3. For each of the 5 measured criteria, each blog is ranked in comparison to all other blogs being evaluated.
4. A composite rank for each blog is determined by averaging each blogs ranking from the 5 measured criteria.
5. The top 100 blogs (and 30 bonus blogs) are published.

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