100 fastest growing churches

Outreach Magazine has posted their re-sorted list of the 100 fastest growing churches in the US. They made some sort of mistake in the original sorting of the data, so they had to post a revised list. I don't know that the mis-sort matters to those of us not on the list, but maybe it matters to the church who was supposed to be in the top 10, but got sorted out wrongly...

My buddy Phil is on staff at Christ Community Church in Omaha, Nebraska--#44 on the list. I've been to a conference they hosted for churches committed to being externally focused. One of their pastors (Ian) said that their goal is to have the people of their church be such a blessing to the city of Omaha that the city would be sad or disappointed, would even kick in some funds if the church were to ever close.

Intentional living, church-wide. Good deeds preparing the way for the sharing of good news. Bless the city...

I don't know most of the churches or pastors on that list. I listen to podcasts from some of the ministries. I have a feeling that we could probably hang out and have a lot to talk about, a lot in common.

My guess is that Christ Community (and probably most of the other churches) couldn't care less about being on the list. It's not really about marketing the church, seeing seats filled, numbers and nickels. They want to see people coming to Christ to find life, to see their cities transformed, and to see the Kingdom of God expand, and their churches are growing as a result.

I can get on board with that.