This weekend has been a key weekend for Christian social media with the Christian New Media Awards on Friday and the Christian New Media Conference today. Below are the results of the awards, including the winner and finalists for each section. Go check out these blogs, I know I’ll be adding those that I’ve not read before to my Google Reader:
BEST CHRISTIAN BLOG
- WINNER: Vickybeeching.com
- RUNNER-UP: Transpositions
- JModern Jesus Army Blog
- Dr Peter Saunders’ blog
- Science and Belief
- The Vernacular Curate
- Greenbelt
- The Redeemed Mind [Formerly The Failed Atheist]
- UK Pilgrims
BEST CHRISTIAN BLOG FOR UNDER 25’S
- WINNER: DeanRoberts.Net
- RUNNER-UP: David Bunce: DoDifferent
- HughBo
- David Marriott
- Dan Blythe
MOST INSPIRING LEADERSHIP BLOG
- WINNER: Biblical Preaching
- RUNNER-UP: The Art of Steering
- Preachers’ Blog
- Nukelear Fishing
- The road to elder ” ado”
- The hermeneutic of continuity
BEST NEWCOMER BLOG
- WINNER: Lay Anglicana
- RUNNER-UP: godandchristian
- Finger in all the pies
- Anne’s Annotations
- Ascending Everest
MOST CREATIVE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA
- WINNER: Easter(LIVE) 2011
- RUNNER-UP: Yes He Is
- Givey
- The Natwivity
- The Viral Bible
BEST CHRISTIAN ORGANISATION
BEST LARGE CHURCH WEBSITE
- WINNER: re:generation Church
- RUNNER-UP: St John’s Church, Harborne
- Holy Trinity Brompton
- All Souls Langham Place
- Broadcast
- Jesus House
- !Audacious Church
BEST SMALL CHURCH WEBSITE
- WINNER: The Rock Church
- RUNNER-UP: Grace Church Bristol
- Salford Elim Church
- Freedom Church
BEST USE OF NEW MEDIA IN SOCIAL ACTION
- WINNER: Open Doors youth videos
- RUNNER-UP: Special Someone
- CCF Website
- Street Angels
BEST USE OF NEW MEDIA IN EVANGELISM
- WINNER: Tell.Show.Be.
- RUNNER-UP: Christianity Explored
- Online Evangelism
- Christian Enquiry Agency
- Worldwide Mission Fellowship
BEST USE OF MOBILE WEB
- WINNER: YouVersion
- JOINT RUNNER-UP: City Church Leeds
- JOINT RUNNER-UP: SUSA
- PrayerMate
CREATIVE AGENCY OF THE YEAR
- WINNER: Contrapositive New Media
- RUNNER-UP: Share Creative
- Noahs Nanny Goat
- Ascent Creative
- KORE
ACCESSIBILITY AWARD
- WINNER: Leigh Road Baptist Church Online
- RUNNER-UP: Bible Reflections
- The Faith Show
- i-church
- Trent Vineyard
There is some news to rejoice over.
”Christian missions started in 1900. By 1920 the Roman Catholics already had five indigenous priests, and by 1952 there were 100 priests and the first Rwandan bishop. During the 1930s more than 1 000 people were being baptised each week (Barrett 1992). By the 1940s 90% of the headmen were Catholics, so that the king officially declared Rwanda a Christian kingdom in 1946′
Rwanda was officially declared a Christian kingdom, and since then has set the lead for the rest of Africa in showing just what Christianity can bring to a troubled continent.