Each March, our website hosts a tournament of children’s ministry bloggers. It starts with a field of 68 and then we let the readers decide who will advances to the next round.
>> Round #2 has started. Click here to see who advanced and vote for your favorites now.
Browse the field below, visit a few new blogs, and vote for your favorites. You can also leave a comment below to heckle the selection committee or lobby for your favorite blog. Hardcore fans can revisit last year’s tournament & results at this link.
This is all just for fun, but there might be a prize. The official announce will come in the second round. This round will close on Sunday March 18th and the top four blogs in each bracket will advance.
Midwest Regional
- Children’s Ministry Online
- Justyn Smith
- Kidmin1124
- About the Children’s Dept
- Kid Inspiration
- CM Buzz
- Michael Chanley
- Growing Kids Ministry
- Jenny Funderburke
- Children’s Ministry Magazine Blog
- Ryan Frank
- iTODD
- Kid Trek
- Effective Childrens Ministry
- Apparently Blogging
- CTA Christian Resources
- Kidmin and Culture
- Coffee With Dad
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West Regional
- sam luce
- Orange Leaders
- Roger Fields
- Commander Bill’s Blog
- Go Fish Guy
- Cullen’s Abc’s
- What’s In the Bible
- SojournKids
- JC is ONLINE
- Brick by Brick
- Help! I’m a Children’s Pastor
- Revival Fire For Kids Blog
- Dustin Nickerson
- Works of God Displayed
- Divorce Ministry 4 Kids
- Impulsive Joy
- Jason Martin
East Regional
- Jim Wideman
- Kidmin360.com
- Lemon Lime Kids
- Dad In The Middle
- jonathancliff.com
- Matt McKee Live
- Kids Ministry 101
- PreteenMinistry.net Blog
- Scripture Lady
- Building Faith
- Cory Center
- JamieDoyle(dot)com
- Kidhelper.com
- Relevant Children’s Ministry
- Simply Jeff
- Diving for Pearls
- Jeremy Mavis
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South Regional
- Kidologist.com
- Smalltownkidmin Blog
- Inside Northpoint Kids
- GinaMcClain.com
- The Inclusive Church
- CentriKid Camps Blog
- The Thursday Blog
- Dan Scott
- Dick Gruber
- West Coast CM
- Children’s Minister BLOG
- Rags Studio
- brennaphillips.com
- nickblevins.com
- A Heart After Children
- Church4EveryChild
- The Fake Kidmin
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How Did Selection Work?
I began with our top 100 children’s ministry blogs. I began to eliminate bloggers who were too dormant (nothing new to say in 2012) and those with malware warnings (yes there were two new hacked sites). For the remaining blogs, I looked at last year’s performance in blog madness. Then I attempted to divide the list into regions that would maximize competition. It’s not perfect, but it should be fun.
Tony, what time does the polls close tomorrow? :^)
Love voting for all of you guys. So many good ones to choose from that it’s hard to choose! Keep it up!
Thanks, Tony! This is kinda fun :)
You’re blog was among the last 4 in the tournament, but you’re proving you belong.
Love the fun – I actually look forward to this more than the actual March Madness! I certainly follow more kidmin blogs than college basketball teams.
What a great list of “good reads!” Thanks so much for including my blog in the tournament. Hope everyone is enjoying March!
Thanks for all the work you put into this & for including KidMin360 in the mix. We’re hoping to ride Jim’s coattails into the next round!
Thanks to all the other bloggers on here too – this represents an awful lot of Orkney by an awful lot of great people.
Blessings everyone!
Fantastic use of the word “Orkney” – now…tell us what it means:)
Tony,
Thanks so much for including me. It’s an honor to be listed with all of these great blogs who I have learned lots from. :) Thanks for all you do!
jen
Tony-thanks so much for including me and all myinfusers and Timothy’s. It’s an honor to be listed here.
Thanks for still including me!
Just to make it easy for everyone, I made a tinyurl to help promote the contest, anyone can feel free to use this:
http://tinyurl.com/VOTEkidologist-dot-com
hope it helps. ;)
A most sincere “thank you” Tony for including my blog again this year! Congrats to all the blogs! It will be fun! :^)
In the rarefied atmosphere represented by these blogs, I have learned, been inspired, and been motivated. Not only that, I always end up “discovering” one or two more that I had never read before. Thanks, Tony, for doing this (and the “top 100″ list) each year.
Is it only counting one per ip address? All my staff mates tried to vote and they are getting “your vote has already been counted”.
Tell them to hit Starbucks for free wifi
Hah, will do.
Thanks for doing this again Tony. I had a great time last year battling Pastor Jared! I know Free CM Stuff is now archived, but I’d love for your folks to check out my new endeavor, http://www.becomingsaturated.com. It’s geared more toward theological implications in legacy development and family ministry – much more Christo-centric than my last site.
In other words, people in the South still think God prefers football over basketball.
That’s funny!
Dude, I’m a March Madness fan through and through! Football holds a distant second! I guess I could compare my performance in the semifinal’s last year to my NC State Wolfpack – come on strong at the outset, get real excited, then loose by a few baskets. That darn Jared Massey!
He does! Roll Tide!
I am really enjoying your new blog, Andy! Keep up the great work!
Heckle, Heckle…. :)
Guess I missed the cut off again this year, perhaps the name change earlier this year cost me….or maybe I’m in the wrong league.
Thanks to a large anonymous donation of Gevalia coffee, we’ve added an 18th seed to the MidWest region. Play on…
Thanks, Tony!
I’m a Caribou man myself, but I’ll take what I can get :)
Now I just need to make sure I have a respectable showing or I might get dropped down to the farm teams :)
Fortunately, my blog no longer has the “malware” warning and made it into the tournament. Hopefully that won’t ever happen again… sheesh!
Yeah! Looks like some great blogs this year. I haven’t heard of a few — time to go exploring! What’s up with the prize, man? Last year, and an Ipad2, this year “might” be a prize? Oh gee. :)
Thanks for putting it together!!
I was looking into little plastic trophies, the kind they give kids playing little league. Something nice to display in the office?
If you’re going to go the Little league route, you better get a little plastic trophy for everyone. Because “we are all winners” in America.
In that case, I’d like a Tony Kummer Bobble Head Trophy. :)