This is a list, taken from my Top Christian bloggers list, omitting group accounts and senior pastors (ie the leader of an individual church) / denominational leaders. These people are primarily exercising informal influence rather than organisational leadership, although of course many of them will lead organisations, even if they do, they are not exercising spiritual authority in a church context. 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.
1 |
Joyce Meyer |
JoyceMeyer |
1791383 |
2 |
Darlene Zschech |
DarleneZschech |
312338 |
3 |
Beth Moore |
BethMooreLPM |
273477 |
4 |
Michael Hyatt |
MichaelHyatt |
172987 |
5 |
Donald Miller |
donaldmiller |
150153 |
6 |
Natalie Grant |
NatalieGrant |
147764 |
7 |
aheartforgod |
aheartforgod |
143821 |
8 |
Jon Acuff |
JonAcuff |
143231 |
9 |
Christine Caine |
ChristineCaine |
116089 |
10 |
Michael Minot |
MichaelMinot |
101838 |
11 |
Thom Rainer |
ThomRainer |
94835 |
12 |
Paul Washer |
paulwasher |
84535 |
13 |
Ed Stetzer |
edstetzer |
82655 |
14 |
Priscilla Shirer |
PriscillaShirer |
81339 |
15 |
Thangluai Family |
TheGodTweeter |
65342 |
16 |
albertmohler |
albertmohler |
55370 |
17 |
Billy Graham |
BillyGraham |
52246 |
18 |
Ann Voskamp |
AnnVoskamp |
51385 |
19 |
Marie Wikle |
spreadingJOY |
50687 |
20 |
Anthony Evans |
AnthonyEvansJr |
48079 |
21 |
Lee Strobel |
LeeStrobel |
43037 |
22 |
FUTURE Patrick Dixon |
patrickdixon |
42544 |
23 |
Hugh Freeze |
CoachHughFreeze |
41221 |
24 |
John Gray |
RealJohnGray |
40756 |
25 |
Mike Friesen |
mike__friesen |
39534 |
26 |
Bobby Hughes |
BobbyHughes5 |
36489 |
27 |
Jenn Johnson |
JennJohnson20 |
33126 |
28 |
Rachelle Gardner |
RachelleGardner |
31403 |
29 |
Kurt Willems |
KurtWillems |
30237 |
30 |
Mattie Montgomery |
ForTodayMattie |
29293 |
31 |
Frank Braswell |
FBRASWELL |
28700 |
32 |
Shane Claiborne |
ShaneClaiborne |
27263 |
33 |
Carlos Whittaker |
loswhit |
27207 |
34 |
Vicky Beeching |
vickybeeching |
26933 |
35 |
Leonard Sweet |
lensweet |
26016 |
36 |
Kathryn Jean Lopez |
kathrynlopez |
24196 |
37 |
challies |
challies |
23234 |
38 |
Kay Warren |
KayWarren1 |
22932 |
39 |
Stovall Weems |
stovallweems |
22428 |
40 |
Jeff Goins |
JeffGoins |
22345 |
41 |
Bristol Palin |
BristolsBlog |
20736 |
42 |
Rachel Held Evans |
rachelheldevans |
20341 |
43 |
Alan Hirsch |
alanhirsch |
19971 |
44 |
BetweenTwoWorlds |
between2worlds |
19876 |
45 |
Stacy Lynn Harp |
StacyHarp |
19797 |
46 |
Frank Viola |
FrankViola |
19612 |
47 |
New Advent |
newadvent |
19456 |
48 |
Tony Campolo |
TonyCampolo |
19240 |
49 |
Bob Kauflin |
bkauflin |
19223 |
50 |
Anita Mathias |
AnitaMathias1 |
18798 |
51 |
Jonathan Hulton |
JonathanHulton |
16804 |
52 |
Joe (J.R.) Miller |
jrmiller777 |
15989 |
53 |
Abraham Piper |
abrahampiper |
15655 |
54 |
JenHatmaker |
JenHatmaker |
15614 |
55 |
Thomas Peters |
AmericanPapist |
13805 |
56 |
Mark McIntyre |
mhmcintyre |
13729 |
57 |
Trevin Wax |
TrevinWax |
13351 |
58 |
Adrian Warnock |
adrianwarnock |
13007 |
59 |
ActiveChristianMedia |
activechristian |
12042 |
60 |
Michelle Shaeffer |
MichelleShaeffr |
11815 |