Top 200 church blogs 2012

via http://churchrelevance.com/resources/top-church-blogs/

TOP 200 CHURCH BLOGS as of April 9, 2012

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NAME

Between Two Worlds

Michael Hyatt

Faith & Reason

Tim Challies

Fr. Z’s Blog

Stuff Christians Like

GetReligion

Dr. Albert Mohler

DeYoung, Restless, and Reformed

The Resurgence

The Gospel Coalition Blog

Ligonier Ministries

Desiring God

Internet Monk

Tullian Tchividjian

Christianity Today Live Blog

Pure Church

9Marks

Don Miller

Rachel Held Evans

Compassion International

Pyromaniacs

Ed Stetzer

Christ is Deeper Still

Acts 29

Ragamuffin Soul

Out of Ur

Swerve

Ron Edmondson

Parchment and Pen

Church Relevance

Ministry to Children

High Calling Blogs

Church Marketing Sucks

Standing on my Head

Steven Furtick

John C. Maxwell

Worship Matters

Perry Noble

Tall Skinny Kiwi

Jesus Creed

Evangel

Brian McLaren

Call & Response

Reformation 21

Dallas News Religion Blog

Stuff Fundies Like

Take Your Vitamin Z

Gifted for Leadership

Adrian Warnock

nakedpastor

Without Wax

Apprising

ChurchLeaders.com

Christian Nightmares

The Gospel-Driven Church

Believe It or Not

Peter J. Leithart

Mark Driscoll

Kingdom People

People of the Second Chance

The Museum of Idolatry

Catablog

XXXchurch

Glory to God for All Things

Blogging Theologically

Blog and Mablog

The Cartoon Blog

Big is the New Small

Todd Rhoades

Mark Batterson

Here I Blog

Vintage Faith

Zwinglius Redivivus

Liturgy

Beyond Evangelical

Reformation Theology

Storied Theology

Josh Harris

The Pangea Blog

Reclaiming the Mission

Todd Bolen

Brandon A Cox

Jesus Needs New PR

Mark Oestreicher

The Naked Bible

The Church of No People

Eugene Cho

Church Mag

What’s Best Next

Reformissionary

Rethinking Youth Ministry

Pastors.com

Tony Morgan Live

Relevant Blogs

The Blazing Center

The Sacred Page

Timmy Brister

Matthew and Madeleine Flannagan

Shaun Groves

Christian Web Trends

Pomomusings

Fire in my Bones

Bock’s Blog

Andy Naselli

Life in Student Ministry

Youth Specialties

Culture Making

Terry Mattingly

NT Resources Blog

Thom Rainer

Godspace

PaleoBabble

Joe Thorn

Skye Box

Christ and Pop Culture

Leading Smart

Modern Reject

Theoblogy

Think Christian

Phil Cooke

The Ongoing Adventures of ASBO Jesus

A Place For the God-Hungry

Your Church

Mark D. Roberts

Johnny Baker

Nathan Bingham

A K M Adam

Pastor’s toolBox

Ferrell’s Travel Blog

Christianity in Today’s America

Glocal Christianity

Near Emmaus

Small Group Dynamics

Ordinary Pastor

Kingdom Living

DJ Chuang

Exploring Our Matrix

Digital @ Leadership Network

J.C. Ryle Quotes

Tim Schraeder

Tim Chester

The Forbidden Gospels

One in Jesus

Ben Arment

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Euangelion

Mere Orthodoxy

Brad Lomenick

Glenn Peoples

Cerulean Sanctum

Sharefaith Blog

Church Leader Insights

Ben Reed

The Briefing

Black, White, and Gray

Orange Leaders

Bruce Reyes-Chow

Founders Ministries Blog

Scott Bailey

Confessions of a Small Church Pastor

Stuff Christian Culture Likes

Plywood People

The Worship Community

Robert Cargill

Adam McLane

Bishop Alan

The Evangelical Outpost

Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth

Ancient Hebrew Poetry

Introverted Church

Slow Church

Doug Fields

Fibonacci Faith

Everyday Christian

Fundamentally Reformed

Vridar

Phil Gons

Church Stage Design Ideas

NT Blog

Targuman

Justin Wise

Catholics, Media, and Culture

Will Mancini

Margaret Feinberg

THEOOZE

Drew Goodmanson

Christian Piatt

Unsettled Christianity

Till He Comes

Christian Research Network

Faith Forward

p.ost

Maurilio Amorim

Youthblog

DashHouse.com

Gathering in Light

Church Mouse Publishing

Church Tech Today

Political Jesus

AUTHOR

Justin Taylor

Michael Hyatt

Cathy Lynn Grossman

Tim Challies

John Zuhlsdorf

Jon Acuff

Various

Albert Mohler

Kevin DeYoung

Various

Various

Various

Various

Various

Tullian Tchividjian

Various

Thabiti Anyabwile

Various

Don Miller

Rachel Held Evans

Various

Various

Ed Stetzer

Ray Ortlund

Scott Thomas

Carlos Whittaker

Various

Various

Ron Edmondson

Michael Patton

Kent Shaffer

Various

Various

Various

Dwight Longnecker

Steven Furtick

John C. Maxwell

Bob Kauflin

Perry Noble

Andrew Jones

Scot McKnight

Various

Brian McLaren

Various

Various

Various

Darrell

Zach Nielsen

Various

Adrian Warnock

David Hayward

Pete Wilson

Ken Silva

Various

Anonymous

Jared Wilson

Kate Shellnutt

Peter J. Leithart

Mark Driscoll

Trevin Wax

Various

Chris Rosebrough

Various

Craig Gross

Father Stephen

Aaron Armstrong

Doug Wilson

Dave Walker

Scott Williams

Todd Rhoades

Mark Batterson

Mark

Dan Kimball

Jim West

Bosco Peters

Frank Viola

Various

J. R. Daniel Kirk

Josh Harris

Kurt Willems

David Fitch

Todd Bolen

Brandon Cox

Matthew Paul Turner

Mark Oestreicher

Michael S. Heiser

Matt Appling

Eugene Cho

Various

Matt Perman

Steve McCoy

Various

Various

Tony Morgan

Various

Various

Various

Timmy Brister

Various

Shaun Groves

Paul Steinbrueck

Adam Walker Cleaveland

J Lee Grady

Darrell Bock

Andy Naselli

Tim Schmoyer

Various

Andy Crouch

Terry Mattingly

Rod Decker

Thom Ranier

Christine Sine

Michael S. Heiser

Joe Thorn

Skye Jethani

Various

Tim Stevens

Nicole Cottrell

Tony Jones

Various

Phil Cooke

Jon Birch

Jim Martin

Various

Mark D Roberts

Johnny Baker

Nathan Bingham

A K M Adam

Various

Ferrell Jenkins

Various

Matt Stone

Brian LePort

Various

Erik Raymond

Matt Dabbs

DJ Chuang

James McGrath

Various

Erik Kowalker

Tim Schraeder

Tim Chester

April DeConick

Jay Guin

Ben Arment

Nadia Bolz-Weber

Various

Various

Brad Lomenick

Glenn Peoples

Dan Edelen

Various

Nelson Searcy

Ben Reed

Various

Various

Various

Bruce Reyes-Chow

Tom Ascol

Scott Bailey

Chuck Warnock

Stephanie Drury

Various

Various

Robert Cargill

Adam McLane

Alan Wilson

Various

Nick Norelli

John Hobbins

Adam McHugh

Various

Doug Fields

Richard Dahlstrom

Various

Bob Hayton

Neil Godfrey

Phil Gons

Jonathan Malm

Mark Goodacre

Chris Brady

Justin Wise

John Kennedy

Will Mancini

Margaret Feinberg

Spencer Burke

Drew Goodmanson

Christian Piatt

Joel L. Watts

Jeremy Myers

Various

Various

Andrew Perriman

Maurilio Amorim

Ian MacDonald

Darryl Dash

C. Wess Daniels

Anonymous

Various

Rodney Thomas

alexa rank
compete visitors
google pagerank
google reader
open site explorer

27,290

20,367

341

54,677

130,838

63,182

249,403

207,183

27,290

72,039

27,290

45,873

28,148

317,315

27,290

21,199

27,290

171,951

221,581

117,725

53,135

269,237

222,159

27,290

473,393

259,544

494,960

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349,728

314,879

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460,216

848,429

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673,688

581,018

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8,191

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1,377,235

401,881

342,947

6,340

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537,633

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802,218

490,684

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182,329

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468,810

932,481

2,196

2,425,622

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27,290

763,959

846,095

284,990

225,605

1,881,308

375,402

343,996

907,750

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504,105

914,653

174,403

1,466,089

118,791

276,519

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516,065

457,123

986,787

8,191

1,520,090

218,422

1,063,924

703,788

853,393

629,648

707,363

1,034,327

78,234

1,020,889

1,041,751

1,623,789

264,206

728,750

42,964

652,386

1,359,386

976,385

659,576

421,350

137,693

835,820

136,691

22,858

782,121

734,075

479,686

2,584,455

298,738

1,152,390

677,018

1,450,282

629,648

1,103,854

2,112,651

986,527

4,681,603

497,699

8,191

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766,565

3,280,160

784,680

1,919,064

7,008

1,373,034

442,623

4,237,225

7,824

268,543

7,824

1,160,591

729,083

545,007

987,957

333,837

980,482

8,191

174,078

908,145

935,729

2,631,779

5,339,927

319,899

770,030

8,191

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1,641,553

1,028,905

312,734

4,905,851

644,429

710,531

1,168,265

438,033

8,191

288,677

2,223,993

593,232

711,368

3,131,701

1,308,402

553,757

1,153,063

945,833

870,085

5,163,552

2,584,566

2,123,841

2,052,062

905,557

8,191

1,124,976

8,191

448,540

904,901

331,100

2,218,793

510,730

1,194,106

2,615,716

972,552

7,008

2,069,680

1,035,961

3,860,066

1,520,199

8,191

840,846

546,814

1,025,863

8,191

3,702,686

572,060

2,876,323

1,526,860

1,245,843

5,170,251

1,609,883

2,284,718

129,741

80,256

12,506,374

39,272

40,346

29,107

39,055

30,239

129,741

55,516

129,741

105,124

191,637

17,771

129,741

50,122

129,741

21,312

12,232

39,692

15,851

11,287

13,741

129,741

10,482

17,222

12,644

3,145

16,196

16,999

15,208

222,768

14,793

7,508

7,094

9,715

5,014

6,120

4,613

3,079

415,862

58,598

6,279

11,272

12,212

7,540

10,890

4,121

11,908

4,608

6,689

3,358

37,547

120,678

2,597

6,615

849,428

3,063

21,117

129,741

4,530

4,555

7,658

11,019

4,465

6,173

9,622

2,744

3,377

7,288

3,933

4,401

2,682

4,086

12,357

5,144

8,228

1,562

7,204

415,862

2,735

5,694

2,668

3,553

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8,704

2,830

5,740

11,274

5,202

2,029

8,806

34,252

3,269

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7,746

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524

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888

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3,478

4,131

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6,324

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9,700

10,129

8,240

2,780

3,406

3,020

6,052

3,964

4,380

16,809

2,295

1,160

846

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2,322

12,745

2,591

1,019

4,063

1,500

900

1,770

2,184

956

2,467

1,521

2,216

2,779

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841

1,907

3,144

2,812

2,610

2,916

1,701

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482

3,873

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134

1,421

527

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1,511

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5,524

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1,034

2,058

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1,623

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1,644

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879

6,381

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4,271

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288

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1,222

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169,000

88,364

58,293

119,000

99,648

87,365

99,495

40,559

53,386

28,784

89,991

35,575

18,366

52,152

55,385

45,100

32,331

23,530

95,877

30,939

30,479

54,028

42,472

49,029

43,922

26,884

24,187

20,729

19,321

65,422

41,744

48,145

39,092

41,718

56,450

47,220

43,990

41,750

15,497

37,077

11,789

35,942

8,845

9,982

37,401

17,858

30,743

23,353

40,014

23,187

8,630

15,415

19,176

7,502

42,015

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11,314

18,028

3,688

25,922

14,545

7,832

38,917

26,175

19,690

4,495

41,124

10,046

14,127

14,547

7,200

6,624

963

14,491

5,026

9,709

33,589

2,050

60,088

24,134

15,475

8,536

14,900

20,258

2,748

33,532

13,629

10,564

3,534

26,423

1

10,457

24,435

14,724

26,369

10,946

7,022

8,851

3,220

5,003

13,612

14,011

1,180

29,577

13,153

11,868

6,466

16,664

5,248

13,041

10,370

8,654

20,913

3,589

3,035

13,306

14,477

27,380

22,229

12,241

8,066

16,896

12,171

54,188

0

3,506

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10,457

11,499

7,384

12,730

8,142

16,377

3,656

1,022

9,363

7,696

14,117

15,439

6,723

10,601

29

2,939

17,524

23,613

8,611

36,628

9,242

5,493

10,410

8,307

912

3,047

7,723

5,273

5,602

3,934

1,777

4,364

11,500

6,433

9,553

11,946

10,222

17,834

948

2,086

1,007

6,577

912

5,651

12,731

4,491

7,821

7,057

1,784

14,814

5,320

2,768

4,387

5,511

13,081

5,956

527

19,339

2,756

17,621

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11,959

3,251

5,501

21,895

6,875

6,271

1,521

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 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.
  • 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.