Why I Blog
Learn why other EFCA leaders find it valuable to maintain a Web log. And check out their blogs for ministry ideas and personal insights.
To have your blog added to the list, e-mail today@efca.org with your name, position, church and location, and why you blog.
- Josh Perry
- Lead pastor
- Crew Community Church, Huntington, WV
- "Crew blogs so as to invite people into our head, heart and life. It’s here that we give opinions; announce events, needs, prayer requests and lost teeth; read updates from our missionaries. It’s a like a big kitchen with our whole Crew sitting around the table with cups of coffee, talking life."
- www.crewcommunity.org/real
- Jeanette Thomas
- Pastor of missional partnerships
- Christ Community EFC, Leawood, KS
- "I blog because I think opinions and beliefs (especially opinions and beliefs from those who lead) ought not be separated from plain, dirty life. (Blogs invite a convergence of the two.) And also because participatory media is a gift, providing voice for a community larger than, or other than, our mainstream media."
- jteaseblog.wordpress.com
- Matt Mitchell
- Senior pastor
- Lanse EFC, Lanse, PA
- "I blog to get out a message I feel strongly about; to supply valuable resources to the body of Christ; and to connect the tributaries of my life (family, church, friends, denomination, etc) into one river."
- matt-mitchell.blogspot.com
- Keith Plummer
- Teaching pastor
- Our Saviour EFC, Wheeling, IL
- "I blog for several reasons: to point others to resources that I think will benefit their understanding and living of the Christian faith; to discipline myself to write with some regularity; and to air my thoughts and frustrations about life, hopefully from a biblical perspective. My hope for the blog is that it will stimulate readers to think about how it is that we are to live a more integrated life as followers of Christ. I am especially concerned about anti-intellectualism in the Christian community, so a lot of my posts are related to that."
- christianmind.blogspot.com
- David Carlson
- Senior pastor
- Bethany EFC, Madison, WI
- "I have two different blogs: freshread.wordpress.com (to reach out to my 'blue state' and supplement the adult class I teach) and 20s30s.wordpress.com (for a young-adult group out of my church)."
- freshread.wordpress.com
- 20s30s.wordpress.com
- Bill Cripe
- Senior pastor
- Faith EFC, Waterville, ME
- "My blog serves as the basis for a syndicated newspaper column or thrice-weekly radio program."
- cripescorner.blogspot.com
- Jeff Higbie
- Senior pastor
- Faith EFC, Underwood, ND
- "I blog to keep friends updated on ministry in a small town in the northern plains."
- northernexpositor.blogspot.com
- David Thomas
- Pastor of adult ministries
- Southern Lakes EFC, Elkhorn, WI
- "I blog to stay in touch with our leadership community."
- disciplesdialogue.blogspot.com
- Byron Harvey
- Pastor
- Red Oak (EFCA), Marietta, GA
- "I have two different blogs--the Red Oaks blog to post 'sermon shorts' plus questions for use in our small groups, and byron-harvey.com to share, with a broader audience, the intersection of my Christian worldview and the events of the world and to provide an example of a Christ-follower wrestling in real time with real-world issues."
- www.red-oak.org/blog
- www.byron-harvey.com
- Matt Proctor
- Media/tech team member
- Ambassador Church, Littleton, CO
- "I blog to keep interested parties posted on life and ministry happenings, comment on hot-topic theological and political issues, and to give a picture of the journey of a typical seminary student."
- mattproctor.blogspot.com
- Randal Kay
- Pastor
- Felton Bible Church, Felton, CA
- "This blog started as I was seeking input from church members (and others) as I was working on each week’s sermon. I gave the general starting point and sought their thoughts. It has proved a positive step in my weekly study. I also have another blog that contains my 'musings.' (ponderingpastor.blogspot.com)."
- pastorsstudy.blogspot.com
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