Round One Has Closed – Go Vote For The Final Round – This post has information about contest rules, prizes, and the selection process. Watch this video, then scroll down to vote. Round one will end Sunday 22 March 2009 at approximately 9 PM.
About The Selection Process
The top rankings were based largely on the following factors. Some are very subjective, while others easy to verify.
- My observations of that blog over the last 12 months
- What others have said about SBC blogs (Stetzer – Puryer)
- High comment counts
- Posting consistency and quality
- PageRank from Google and Yahoo back links
- Authority rank from technorati.com
- Performance in 2008 SBC Blog Madness
- Bloggers influence on other social media (Twitter & Facebook)
- How I expect them to perform in this tournament
2009 SBC Blog Madness Official Rules
- It’s my contest, so what I say = the rules.
- You are free to vote your conscience. I would expect most people will vote for who they like or who most influences them. But you can also vote for the rival or your rival.
- The voting is restricted by IP address. So, one vote per internet connection. If you work in a large office or use your school’s internet then you may need to manually email your vote to me. Tony@SBCvoices.com
- You are encouraged to stump for votes in the comments, on your blog, twitter, facebook, pulpit, etc. If you are too shy for self-promotion, then you might want to rethink this whole blogging thing.
- The top 40 voted blogs will be added to the SBC voices watch list.
- Each round will last about a week. Four blogs from each division will advance to the second round (sixteen total). One blog from each division will advance to the final round.
- The winner will receive a $313 gift card to Westminster Books via email. This prize was donated by my children’s ministry blog (check out my Vacation Bible School articles) and earned via the Westminster blog partners program.
Update: The polls were down for about 65 minutes on Friday 13 March afternoon, but are back now. Technical error on my side – now resolved. Any more issue email me Tony@SBCvoices.com
East Division: SBC Blog Madness 2009
- internetmonk.com
- Provocations & Pantings – Timmy Brister
- sbc IMPACT!
- Praisegod Barebones – Bart Barber
- Tim C. Guthrie. – SBCtoday.blogspot
- JDGreear.com
- Moore to the Point – Russell Moore
- Christ and Pop Culture – Richard Clark
- aintsobad – Rick Davis
- hottubreligion – Bill Pooreie
- iemissional – Marty Duren
- owen strachan
- More Than Cake – J.R. Miller
- Thoughts Of A NC Baptist – Justin Nale
- Lawn Gospel – Hank Balch
- Diary of a Seminary Student – Terry Delaney
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Midwest Division: SBC Blog Madness 2009
- The LPM Blog – Beth Moore
- Kingdom People – Trevin Wax
- Dr Jim West
- Joe Thorn
- EdYoungBlog
- CROSS-eyed – Justin Childers
- SBC Voices – blog content not “aggregator”
- Tim Ellsworth
- ALVINREID.com
- SEMPER REFORMANDA – Gunny Hartman
- Evangelical Village – Matt Svoboda
- Confessions of a Recovering Pharisee
- Confessions of A Small-Church Pastor – Chuck Warnock
- Fox’s Wanderings – Mike Fox
- Call To Die – Andrew Lindsey
- who am i? – Barry Wallace
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West Division: SBC Blog Madness 2009
- Church Matters: The 9Marks Blog
- Denny Burk
- Grace and Truth to You – Wade Burleson
- Reformissionary – Steve McCoy
- Tominthebox News Network – Religious Humor/Satire
- The Assembling of the Church – Alan Knox
- Joining God in His Work – Les Puryear
- MicahFries.com
- Delivered By Grace – Rev. Josh Buice
- chadwickivester
- A Man from Issachar – Eric Redmond
- TruePravda – Jared Bridges
- elect Exiles – Drew Dixon
- Oversight of Souls – Ray Van Neste
- Todd Burus
- Moving At The Speed Of God – David Jackson
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South Division: SBC Blog Madness 2009
- EdStetzer.com
- Founders Ministries – Tom Ascol
- subtext – Joe Thorn & Steve McCoy
- The M Blog – GUY MUSE
- DownshoreDrift – Alan Cross
- SelahV Today
- SBC Tomorrow – Peter Lumpkins
- B21 // contending for the faith
- 12 Witnesses – Art Rogers
- Culturality & Missiology – David Sills
- Shawn Lovejoy
- Confessions of a Pastor by Hershael York
- EAGLES’ REST – Bob Cleveland
- Ministry of Reconciliation – Debbie Kaufman
- kata Drew – Drew Maust
- Borrowed Light – Mike Leake
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