This is a list, extracted from my list of Top Christian bloggers (which incidentally I have recently updated) It is a list of senior pastors (ie team leaders) and denominational leaders who tweet. The ranking is based solely on number of Twitter followers, which does of course have limitations, but is something that is easily verifiable. Please do refer also to my post about being aware of the dangers of being too interested in whether you are or are not in a list like this. It is no great surprise that the Pope who will shortly be retiring is top of this list. Clearly these pastors and ministers are exercising both organisational authority and influence, the two types of leadership I have discussed previously.
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1 |
Benedict XVI |
Pontifex |
1578151 |
|
2 |
Joel Osteen |
JoelOsteen |
1406619 |
|
3 |
Rick Warren |
RickWarren |
895511 |
|
4 |
Max Lucado |
MaxLucado |
671174 |
|
5 |
John C Maxwell |
JohnCMaxwell |
633159 |
|
6 |
John Piper |
JohnPiper |
441942 |
|
7 |
Mark Driscoll |
PastorMark |
342867 |
|
8 |
Louie Giglio |
louiegiglio |
331617 |
|
9 |
AndyStanley |
AndyStanley |
261570 |
|
10 |
Brian Houston |
BrianCHouston |
244950 |
|
11 |
Matt Chandler |
MattChandler74 |
195174 |
|
12 |
Judah Smith |
judahsmith |
177701 |
|
13 |
Steven Furtick |
stevenfurtick |
142680 |
|
14 |
Scott Williams |
ScottWilliams |
141003 |
|
15 |
Bill Hybels |
BillHybels |
128425 |
|
16 |
Sidney Mohede |
SidMohede |
120124 |
|
17 |
Rob Bell |
realrobbell |
114697 |
|
18 |
Pete Wilson |
pwilson |
112162 |
|
19 |
Ron Edmondson |
RonEdmondson |
102211 |
|
20 |
Perry Noble |
perrynoble |
83370 |
|
21 |
Bill Johnson |
billjohnsonBJM |
80423 |
|
22 |
Rev. Bosco Peters |
Liturgy |
74989 |
|
23 |
James MacDonald |
jamesmacdonald |
69433 |
|
24 |
Joshua Harris |
HarrisJosh |
66257 |
|
25 |
Nicky Gumbel |
nickygumbel |
60084 |
|
26 |
Tullian Tchividjian |
PastorTullian |
55439 |
|
27 |
Brian Johnson |
brianjohnsonM |
38362 |
|
28 |
Chris Hodges |
Chris_Hodges |
34477 |
|
29 |
C.J. Mahaney |
CJMahaney |
28157 |
|
30 |
Matt Carter |
_Matt_Carter |
26974 |
|
31 |
Dr. David Anderson |
AndersonSpeaks |
26548 |
|
32 |
Brian D. McLaren |
brianmclaren |
24616 |
|
33 |
Greg Surratt |
gregsurratt |
21687 |
|
34 |
Kevin DeYoung |
RevKevDeYoung |
21644 |
|
35 |
Justin Welby |
ABCJustin |
20265 |
|
37 |
►PTS◄ |
Pastor_TimSmith |
19472 |
|
38 |
Willie George |
Willie_George |
18502 |
|
39 |
Phil Munsey |
philmunsey |
16349 |
|
40 |
Eric Mason |
pastoremase |
15829 |
|
41 |
Rick Bezet |
rick_bezet |
15399 |
|
42 |
Burk Parsons |
BurkParsons |
14263 |
|
43 |
Kent Shaffer |
kentshaffer |
13936 |
|
44 |
Fr. John Zuhlsdorf |
fatherz |
13821 |
|
45 |
Bob Roberts Jr. |
bobrobertsjr |
13325 |
|
46 |
Larry Stockstill |
larrystockstill |
13238 |
|
47 |
Douglas Wilson |
douglaswils |
12287 |
|
48 |
Matt Fry |
mattfry |
11942 |
|
49 |
Ray Ortlund |
rayortlund |
11192 |
|
50 |
Joe Champion |
joechampion |
10405 |
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