. jordon cooper - Jordon is in Canada and amazes me with his broad scope of all that he knows is happening.

. doug.pagitt - Doug is pastor of Solomon's Porch in Minneapolis. He is a former youth pastor and friend.

. urbanonramps  -  Rudy Carrasco is an urban leader in Los Angeles and very worth reading his thoughts.

. deep dirt - Karen Ward lives in Seattle, and in leadership of a new church

. jonny baker - Jonny Baker's blog from England.

. what is church - the graphic of the preacher alone is worth the visit.

. jason.evans - a house church leader in southern California.

These are a few of the churches that I am friends with or highly respect and know of. To see a massive list of emerging churches, go to the 2 links after this list.

Solomon's Porch, Minneapolis, MN - the community that Doug Pagitt leads

Axxess, Arlington, TX - a church-within-a-church that now is a church on it's own

Ecclesia, Houston, TX  - the community which Chris Seay leads

Cedar Ridge Community Church - Spencerville, Maryland - the community that Brian McLaren leads

Grace, London - an alternative worship gathering plus loads of good articles on this site

St. Thomas' Church, Sheffield, England - a church of 2,000 people (primarily under 35) which focuses on a combination of house churches and various large combined worship gatherings.

Westwinds Church, Jackson, MI - a church which paid attention to aesthetics in it's design

Matthew's House, Oceanside, CA  - part of the house church movement

Mosaic - Los Angeles, CA - a creative missional church focusing on the arts

Church of the Apostles, Seattle, WA - a new church in Seattle.

Jacob's Well, Kansas City, Missouri - only 252 miles away from the Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame

Santa Cruz Bible Church - Santa Cruz, CA - where "Graceland" was started and Vintage Faith Church as well.

The Gathering at McLean Bible Church, McLean, West Virginia - a gathering within a church within a church

Vintage Faith Church, Santa Cruz, CA - a new sister-church of Santa Cruz Bible Church

Blue Sky Church, Loveland, CO - Joe Schimmels who was on Graceland staff recently planted this church

Apex Church, Las Vegas, NV - a church which focuses on house churches whom all gather together once a week

Below are two links to take you to oodles of churches. I highly recommend spending time browsing these churches to get a sense of what God is doing through all kinds of faith communities all around the world. I believe emerging church leaders need to think nationally and globally in terms of understanding what the Spirit is doing so we do not fall into the trap of viewing our own church as the center of the universe or our own form of community as the only way God works.

Ginkworld listing of emerging churches - a fine list of churches all over the globe.

The Ooze listing of emerging churches - another list of churches across the globe

Emergent Village  -  a growing generative friendship among missional Christian leaders. This is the web site to get on the email list, become a friend and keep up on events and conversation.

Emergent-YS   - the publishing partner of Emergent and the one who puts on the Emergent Convention.

Youth Specialties -  I believe that following the trends of youth ministry is critical for emerging church leaders.

theOoze   - a web site full of articles, thoughts and ideas from all types of people in the conversation.

ginkWorld - lots of interesting things here. I get lost on this web site for hours it seems.

Labyrinth - an actual on-line labyrinth to experience from Jonny Baker of Grace, London

Relevant Magazine - God.Life.Progressive Culture. Great news articles and books.

Next Wave Web Magazine - a great e-zine that comes out monthly with plenty of articles archived to read.

Sacramentis.com - Sally Morgenthaler's web site- has great links to art and other worship web sources.

Highway Video - these boys produce very cool vibe videos that can be used in worship gatherings

Alternative Worship in the UK - loads of articles and info. about alternative worship gatherings in the UK

Small Fire -  a photographic archive of alternative worship events in the UK---you must browse this site.

Thunderstruck - a great website with loads of interesting articles on faith and culture.

 House to House - a magazine focusing on the house church movement

EmergingChurch.org - Karen Ward's web site

Rev Magazine - a magazine for church leaders. Dan writes a column in this magazine.

Too Much Coffee Man - the artist who drew the original Graceland "coffee girl" for our logo and business card and also drew a comic that is in The Emerging Church book.

Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame - the big arch in St. Louis is interesting, but nothing compared to the Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame which is nearby.

Brian Setzer - probably the best rockabilly guitarist alive today. He has recorded on his Christmas CD the best version of "Oh, Holy Night" I have ever heard, although I have no idea whether or not he believes in the lyrics.

Johnny Cash - a strong believer in Jesus that has been through many ups and downs in his walk through the years.

Rockabilly Hall of Fame  - kind of a goofy site, but tons of rockabilly information.