{"id":4771,"date":"2011-06-14T00:35:04","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T02:35:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/?p=4771"},"modified":"2012-01-08T17:03:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-08T19:03:39","slug":"the-top-10-christian-leaders-you-should-be-following-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2011\/06\/14\/the-top-10-christian-leaders-you-should-be-following-on-twitter\/","title":{"rendered":"The Top 10 Christian Leaders You Should Be Following On Twitter"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecobberconnection.areavoices.com\/files\/2010\/12\/twitter-zoomed-in.jpg?resize=340%2C510\" alt=\"\" width=\"340\" height=\"510\" \/>Recently I wrote a post entitled <a href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/2011\/05\/26\/the-top-10-christian-leadership-blogs-you-should-be-reading\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Top 10 Christian Leadership Blogs You Should Be Reading<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Because of the incredible response\u00c2\u00a0it received, I am writing\u00c2\u00a0the follow-up, The Top 10 Christian Leaders You Should Be Following On <a title=\"Twitter\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Twitter<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div>\u00c2\u00a0<\/div>\n<div>The challenge of this post is\u00c2\u00a0I could have literally\u00c2\u00a0composed a list\u00c2\u00a0of 50+ individuals.\u00c2\u00a0 Therefore, I narrowed my\u00c2\u00a0criteria down to a list of 10 traits\u00c2\u00a0I looked for:<\/div>\n<ol>\n<li>If\u00c2\u00a0mentioned\u00c2\u00a0in\u00c2\u00a0The Top 10 Blogs, you were excluded.\u00c2\u00a0 My desire is for\u00c2\u00a0the readers\u00c2\u00a0to have a larger set of resources at their disposal.\u00c2\u00a0 So if you are\u00c2\u00a0wondering about\u00c2\u00a0Perry Noble or Steve Furtick\u00c2\u00a0for instance, simply click on the\u00c2\u00a0blog list.<\/li>\n<li>If you only provide the “Quote of the Day”\u00c2\u00a0you were omitted.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0Quotes are\u00c2\u00a0helpful but\u00c2\u00a0can be obtained\u00c2\u00a0from\u00c2\u00a0multiple sources.<\/li>\n<li>Do you point me to other great writers or thinkers?<\/li>\n<li>Do you challenge me?<\/li>\n<li>Do you give me a different perspective on a topic?<\/li>\n<li>Do you provide a destination\u00c2\u00a0where I can get tools and\u00c2\u00a0resources?<\/li>\n<li>Do you break news?<\/li>\n<li>Are you relevant?<\/li>\n<li>Do you provide solutions?<\/li>\n<li>Do you answer questions I am currently asking as a leader?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>With that as my criteria, the following are\u00c2\u00a0The Top 10 Christian Leaders You Should Be Following On Twitter listed in alphabetical order:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><a title=\"Michele Bachmann\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@MicheleBachmann\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@MicheleBachmann<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– Whether you agree with her or not, Congresswoman Bachmann\u00c2\u00a0brings a distinctive Christian message to the public square.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0I trust her.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rob Cizek\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@robcizek\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@robcizek<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– This Executive Pastor from the Seattle area is the best networker and facilitator of information that I have read.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ron Edmondson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@RonEdmondson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@RonEdmondson<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– Ron has one of the most\u00c2\u00a0widely read\u00c2\u00a0blogs\u00c2\u00a0on the web.\u00c2\u00a0 His tweets aren’t bad either as he provides a\u00c2\u00a0great balance of family, ministry,\u00c2\u00a0workplace, and dealing with everyday issues.\u00c2\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Jonathan Falwell\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@jonathanfalwell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@jonathanfalwell<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0-\u00c2\u00a0Jonathan\u00c2\u00a0has a gift for connecting the younger and older generations like\u00c2\u00a0few others.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Crawford Loritts\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@CrawfordLoritts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@CrawfordLoritts<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– No one packs\u00c2\u00a0as much\u00c2\u00a0content and insight into 140 characters\u00c2\u00a0as my Senior Pastor from Fellowship Bible Church.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Relevant Magazine\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@Relevantmag\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@Relevantmag<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– The team at Relevant Magazine give me the tools needed to stay on the cutting edge of ministry.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Andy Stanley\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@AndyStanley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@AndyStanley<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– Simply put, Andy is\u00c2\u00a0the world’s greatest teacher of leadership.\u00c2\u00a0 I always learn something new from him.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Paul Steinbrueck\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@paulsteinbrueck\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@paulsteinbrueck<\/a> – Paul runs the websites Live Intentionally and Christian Web Trends.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are looking for how to best integrate technology and ministry, check out his resources.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Ed Stetzer\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@EdStetzer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@EdStetzer<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– Ed\u00c2\u00a0has the\u00c2\u00a0ability to be creative in an environment many would consider traditional.\u00c2\u00a0 Every church planter needs to have\u00c2\u00a0him on their\u00c2\u00a0reading list.<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Rick Warren\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/@RickWarren\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">@RickWarren<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0– The man who loves pastors and people!\u00c2\u00a0 I am amazed\u00c2\u00a0how Rick\u00c2\u00a0can tweet the toughest and potentially most unpopular of messages.\u00c2\u00a0 Yet, it is delivered with such love and kindness\u00c2\u00a0that he receives the favor of people.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Here is Rick’s latest\u00c2\u00a0tweet as I write this post, “A paid position usually robs 3 volunteers of jobs. We must equip the saints, not replace them! SB is run by 18,000 volunteers.”\u00c2\u00a0 That is Twitter Heat!<\/p>\n<p>Leaders, that is my list.\u00c2\u00a0 If you are not taking advantage of these individuals, please follow them today!\u00c2\u00a0 Also, I know this list is woefully lacking some top people.\u00c2\u00a0 Who are some Christian leaders that you think\u00c2\u00a0others should be following?<\/p>\n<p>To make your voice heard as a leader, click <strong><a title=\"The Leadership Tribe\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/the-leadership-tribe\/\">The Leadership\u00c2\u00a0Tribe<\/a> <\/strong>link.<\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>To automatically receive future posts on leadership, simply subscribe or click <a title=\"RSS Feed\" href=\"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/feed\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I wrote a post entitled The Top 10 Christian Leadership Blogs You Should Be Reading.\u00c2\u00a0 Because of the incredible response\u00c2\u00a0it received, I am writing\u00c2\u00a0the follow-up, The Top 10 Christian Leaders You Should Be Following On Twitter. \u00c2\u00a0 The challenge of this post is\u00c2\u00a0I could have literally\u00c2\u00a0composed a list\u00c2\u00a0of 50+ individuals.\u00c2\u00a0 Therefore, I narrowed my\u00c2\u00a0criteria […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[50,94,164,195,411],"class_list":["post-4771","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-leadership","tag-blogging","tag-christianity","tag-faith","tag-god","tag-social-media"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4771"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6578,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4771\/revisions\/6578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briandoddonleadership.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}