tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25030905.post115265144773139511..comments2023-10-16T05:18:54.818-05:00Comments on Rev Abi's Long and Winding Road: Top 50 Influential churchesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14654861033242845082noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25030905.post-1152843282107362742006-07-13T21:14:00.000-05:002006-07-13T21:14:00.000-05:00ack, i go to #25 on the list, frazer umc! in montg...ack, i go to #25 on the list, frazer umc! in montgomery, alabama. who'd have thunk it? while i'm tempted poo-poo this list (and i would probably have done so without a second thought five years ago before i joined this mega-church #25--heh, the church i spent the previous 10 years at was a wonderful family of 170 members) mostly because i've got a lot of skepticism when it comes to church structure and such (i'm falling more and more in with the emerging folk), i just can't. it's not because i'm in love with the church i go to (or any of those on the list), but because of the people i hang with who happen to hang their hats at frazer too, with whom we're working out what it means to follow Jesus here and now, in this small city in the heart of dixie. i've meant more than i have i right to know at #25 who share a heart for bringing Jesus to the asphalt, to the right-now. and five years ago, i wouldn't have said a mega-church could do that. but God has a way of pegging me down a few, and he's done that by hooking me up with #25. i'm learning over and over to just go with his flow rather than my own, heh. <BR/><BR/>and, revabi, i'm with you--i'd also like to see what revgal's would say. i'm overwhelmed by the warm spirit they've bestowed upon me and enjoy their company.<BR/><BR/>blessings.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25030905.post-1152809489636538692006-07-13T11:51:00.000-05:002006-07-13T11:51:00.000-05:00You have mentioned some names I don't know. See I...You have mentioned some names I don't know. See I knew I could learn something by posting this. <BR/>Wouldn't be interesting to see what the revgalpals would say are the most influential churches.<BR/>I like your list. I know of Riverside. The Three Methodist they name are influential in many ways, and not just because of their preachers. But there are even other UMC that are influential. Kirby John's is such an unique situation.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14654861033242845082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25030905.post-1152774785159836502006-07-13T02:13:00.000-05:002006-07-13T02:13:00.000-05:00There's not a church in that list that I would inc...There's not a church in that list that I would include. It's an all evangelical list. Me? I'd go with Riverside, Sojourner's, Fifth Avenue Presby in NYC, Fourth Presby in Chicago, The Memorial Church at Harvard, and maybe that big old Episcopal church in Dallas. And Duke Chapel. But what do I know?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com