Saturday, January 5, 2008

We serve a creative God! Wow, #4!


Friday, January 4, 2008
America's Most Innovative Churches
Outreach Magazine just released the list for 2008. This is really cool and an honor to be named with some of the churches that we have learned from and admired for years. Here's the list of America's Most Innovative Churches of 2008:

LifeChurch.tv, Edmond, OK, Craig Groeschel
Mars Hill Church, Seattle, WA, Mark Driscoll
Granger Community Church, Granger, IN, Mark Beeson
Flamingo Road Church, Cooper City, FL, Troy Gramling
Seacoast Church, Mount Pleasant, SC, Greg Surratt
Saddleback Church, Lake Forest, CA, Rick Warren
Mosaic Church, Los Angeles, CA, Erwin McManus
Fellowship Church, Grapevine, TX, Ed Young
North Point Community Church, Alpharetta, GA, Andy Stanley
Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, IL, Bill Hybels
National Community Church, Washington, DC, Mark Batterson
NewSpring Church, Anderson, SC, Perry Noble
Community Christian Church, Naperville, IL, Dave Ferguson
Elevation Church, Charlotte, SC, Steven Furtick
Healing Place Church, Baton Rouge, LA, Dino Rizzo
North Coast Church, Vista, CA, Larry Osborne
NorthWood Church, Keller, TX, Bob Roberts
NewSong Church, Irvine, CA, Dave Gibbons
New Hope Christian Fellowship, Honolulu, HI, Wayne Cordeiro
Redeemer Presbyterian Church, New York, NY, Tim Keller
Crossover Church, Tampa, FL, Tommy Kyllonen
Perimeter Church, Duluth, GA, Randy Pope
Mars Hill, Grandville, MI, Rob Bell
The Orchard Church Community, Aurora, IL, Scott Hodge
The Sanctuary Covenant Church, Minneapolis, MN, Efrem Smith

Here are some other blogs that talk about the list:
http://churchrelevance.com/americas-25-most-innovative-churches-of-2008/
http://www.outreachmagazine.com/library/features/jf08ftrmostinnovativechurches.asp

3 comments:

@heredes said...

thanks for leading the team like you do bro!

all day (allen d) said...

it's my honor and priviledge bro

SmilingSally said...

WOW! What a tribute to a church that points to God!