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Top 200 Church Blogs

October 25, 2011

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
alexa rank
compete visitors
google pagerank
google reader
yahoo inlinks
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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