Magazine-mania

February 2nd, 2008

The church is reaching a point in which it’s losing the ability to communicate at the speed of the day. We have a lot of work to do… Magazines are a great way to both teach and learn. Relevant is the most known example, but it’s still a long way away from being a great platform to teach and proclaim the gospel. A while back I built a Squidoo page pointing to many quality magazines that are published by Churches and Christian organizations. Many of them can be downloaded in PDF form or viewed in your browser. Check them out here.

If you know of any other great magazines, let me know in a comment and I’ll look them up.

Corey and I actually met by working on Graphe magazine over two years ago. I’m planning on sharing some of that with you in the near future.

Here are some links to great magazines:

The Cutting Edge: Vineyard Church planting magazine
Graphe: This magazine was published by our small church—Oikos Fellowship in Bellingham, Washington. It is looking to reach out to the community through art, beauty, and story.; Collide Magazine; Collide is a new magazine that I just purchased a subscription for. I’ve been following their blog for a while now, I hope it’s as good as it looks.
Mars Hill Church: Vox Pop: This is a magazine intended for the community of Mars Hill Church in Seattle. It focuses mainly on the body, but is beginning to look at the city around it as well.
Tabletalk Magazine: A beautifully thoughtful magazine who’s goal is to proclaim the holiness of God.
The Movement: Redeemer Presbyterian Church in downtown New York City is laser focused on urban church planting. Tim Keller’s church plating philosophy is a must read for any Christian.
Outreach Magazine: If you like top 100 lists, then this is the magazine for you.
Relevant Magazine: Sweet graphics, radical rockers, and a bit of spirituality. Relevant seeks to span the gap of religion and culture. An interesting method of reaching people for Christ. Relevant has some great strengths to be learned from.
Specific & Practical: This is a magazine about ministry from Granger church.
Soul Purpose: The New Zealand version of Relevant.
Travelogue: Sojourn Church in St. Louis, Missouri publishes this community focused magazine.; (note: This was one of the first posts on this blog. Almost no one was reading at that time, and I think it’s valuable)