Life Group Central

Outreach Magazine has come out with its 2008 list of America’s 25 most innovative churches:

1.  lifechurch.tv (edmond, ok) – craig groeschel
2.  mars hill church (seattle, wa) – mark driscoll
3.  granger community church (granger, in) – mark beeson
4.  flamingo road church (cooper city, fl) – tony gramling
5.  seacoast church (mt. pleasant, sc) – greg surratt
6.  saddleback church (lake forest, ca) – rick warren
7.  mosaic church (los angeles, ca) – erwin mcmanus
8.  fellowship church (grapevine, tx) – ed young, jr
9.  northpoint community church (alpharetta, ga) – andy stanley
10 willow creek community church (south barrington, il) – bill hybels
11.  national community church (washington, dc) – mark batterson
12.  newspring church (anderson, sc) – perry noble
13.  community christian church (naperville, il) – dave ferguson
14.  elevation church (charlotte, sc) – steve furtick
15.  healing place church (baton rouge, la) – dino rizzo
16.  north coast church (vista, ca) – larry osborn
17.  northwood church (keller, tx) – bob roberts
18.  newsong church (irvine, ca) – dave gibbons
19.  new hope christian fellowship (honolulu, hi) – wayne cordeiro
20.  redeemer presbyterian church (new york, ny) – tim keller
21.  crossover church (tampa bay, fl) – tommy kyllonen
22.  perimeter church (duluth, ga) – randy pope
23.  mars hill bible church (grandville, mi) – rob bell
24.  orchard valley community church (aurora, il) – scott hodge
25.  the sanctuary covenant church (minneapolis, mn) – efrem smith

You may recall seeing some of these churches on the lists of fastest growing and largest of 2007.  If you missed that post, here it is:

http://www.lifegroupcentral.com/2007/10/10/the-results-are-in/

Do some of these churches sound familiar? They should! You’ve probably heard Pastor Eric mention them, as some are Shoreline’s sister churches and he’s friends with a few of the pastors.