{"id":234,"date":"2009-03-02T16:59:03","date_gmt":"2009-03-02T16:59:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/?p=234"},"modified":"2010-12-22T13:09:35","modified_gmt":"2010-12-22T18:09:35","slug":"6897","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.covchurch.org\/newswire\/2009\/03\/02\/6897\/","title":{"rendered":"Covenant Leaders Among Most Popular Speakers, Bloggers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CHICAGO, IL (March 2, 2009) \u2013 Several ministers and leaders connected with the Evangelical Covenant Church are among the most popular speakers promoted by UrbanMinistry.org, and a Covenant pastor\u2019s blog was listed as the second-most read.<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nThe statistics used by UrbanMinistry.org covers downloads, podcast downloads, and YouTube views for speakers as well as content provided by the Christian Community Development Association, Association of Gospel Rescue Missions, Kingdomworks, and Compassionworks.<\/p>\n<p>Covenanters listed include Soong-Chan Rah, Milton B. Engebretson Assistant Professor of Church Growth and Evangelism; Efrem Smith, pastor of Sanctuary Covenant Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota; Phil Jackson, pastor of The House Covenant Church in Chicago; and Brenda Salter McNeil, founder and president of Salter McNeil &amp; Associates.<\/p>\n<p>Beauty and Depravity, a blog written by Covenant Pastor Eugene Cho, was listed as the second most popular blog focused on social justice and urban ministry. Cho is pastor of<br \/>\nQuest Church in Seattle, Washington.<\/p>\n<p>According to UrbanMinistry.org, the rankings are based on Technorati, the most popular source for ranking blogs. 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