Like diamonds in the rough, get it? As a follow up to yesterday's post on Top Tweeters, here's a list of lesser known leaders, that are on Twitter, that are doing interesting things in the Church - not so much the big Mega Senior Pastor/Authors. This is just a brief, top of mind, list. If you're not on here (you won't be) - and you're doing something - please add yourself (I command you!) in the comments and what you're doing in the Kingdom:

Cynthia Ware - Public Speaker, writer, blogger
Jay Hardwick - Missional Leader, church planter, blog
Chris Capehart & Trey Tucker & Micah Davis - Founders of ROOV.com
Anne Jackson - Blogger, writer, author Mad Church Disease
Collide Magazine & Scott McClellan - Hot New Church Media Magazine
Corey Jamison - Creative Genius and Graphic Designer for The Plow
Joshua Blankenship - Creative Genius for NewSpring.cc & Mr. Next Gen Leader
Joshua Longbrake - Writer, Photographer, Seminary Student
Joshua Cody - writer, student, blogger for ChurchMarketingSucks.com

Which Next Generation Leaders are you following on Twitter?

It's official. I've been working at Catalyst as the Innovation and Experience Director for the past 60 days, and my perception of the organization has been turned on its head. I've been collecting insights from my time here so far, and I thought I'd share them with you:

• The Catalyst team works extremely hard, but they also party like rock stars.
• Brad Lomenick plus a megaphone is a bad combination. (Not to mention tight pants.)
• Ken Coleman is the funniest guy on the planet... in a dark humor sort of way.
• You can get in trouble here for not dreaming big enough. "Realistic" is a bad word.
• The prayer times we have on Monday mornings would encourage you big-time.
• Everyone here credits the supernatural hand of God for the success of our events.
• I still haven't met the iconic Gabe Lyons.
• Chad Johnson, Dwaye Melton, and LV Hanson genuinely care for church leaders...
• But they would sell each other out in a heartbeat to win a competition. =)
• Catalyst Filter is about to become the premiere resource for church leaders. Trust me.
• We own more web URLs than you could imagine.
• We track more church leaders than any research firm on the planet.
• When it's "spirit week" at Catalyst, you'd better get in the spirit... or else. =)
• Brad Lomenick could get in touch with Hannah Montanna if he really wanted to.

That's a small sampling, but enough to give you a picture of what it's like around Catalyst headquarters.

What's the culture like around your office?

TWITTER recently dumped about 10% of my list of people I'm following - and I can't remember who I lost! This blog post is an attempt to compile a list of the Top Tweeters and Church Leaders that are tweetin' it up - as many influential Church leaders as possible.

So here's a list, in no particular order (no hurt feelings please - if you're not on here, add yourself in the comments!!)

CatalystAtlanta - this goes without saying
Carlos Whitaker - SPD at Buckhead Church
Tony Morgan - Chief Strategic Officer at NewSpring.cc
Perry Noble - Senior Pastor at NewSpring.cc
Tim Stevens - Executive Pastor at Granger Community Church
Todd Rhoades - Christian Blogger - Leadership Network dude
DJ Chuang - Leadership Network and Technology Guy
Bobby Gruenwald - Executive Pastor of LifeChurch.tv
Terry Storch - Chief Diggerati for LifeChurch.tv
Ed Stetzer - blogger, church planting expert, President of LifeWay Research
Jeff Henderson - Campus Director of Buckhead Church
Donald Miller - Who's that?
Cameron Strang - Executive Pastor of RELEVANT Magazine
Mark Batterson - Author and Pastor of National Community Church
Kem Meyer - Communications Director at GCC
Doug Fields - King of Simply Youth Ministry
Mike Foster - Founder XXXChurch, Ethur, Junky Car Club, Deadly Viper Character Assasins
Andy Crouch - Culture Making, author, speaker
Scott Hodge - Pastor The Orchard and major blogger
Dino Rizzo - Pastor The Healing Place Church & Co-founder of Association of Related Churches
Tadd Grandstaff - Lead Pastor of Pine Ridge Church
Dave Ferguson - Pastor Community Christian Church, blogger, author
Mark Driscoll - Senior Pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle
Brad Abare - Founder Church Marketing Sucks.com, Center For Church Communication, and more
Chris Elrod - Comedian and Pastor of Compass Point Church
Dan Kimball - Pastor of Vintage Faith, author

This list is in no order and is totally not comprehensive.
What other big names in the Church world are you following on Twitter?
Authors, pastors, thinkers, speakers?

People one might want to follow:
Rob Bell, Andy Stanley, Brenda McNeil, Craig Groeschel, Craig Gross, Dave Kinnaman, Gabe Lyons, Priscilla Shirer, Brian McLaren, The Ortbergs, Billy Hybels, John Burke, Franklin Graham, Steve Fee, John Macarthur, Tim Willard, Nooma, Matt Chandler, Francis Chan, Louie Giglio, Erwin, Crowder, Rick McKinley, Chris Seay, Morgenthaler, Len Sweet,

Tony Morgan shares with young leaders his career path - from print shop monkey to Executive Director of Awesome at New Spring Church.

Before I tell you how to get from here to there, let me share how I got from there to here:

1. My first job (besides mowing lawns) was working in a print shop helping to prepare orders and assist with delivery. All I can remember is that I despised the collating machine.
2. Then, I took a promotion with Sears. I sold men’s clothing. It’s hilarious to think that I used to measure old men for lame suits.
   ...
   So, as you can see, it took about 12 years in various marketplace roles before God transitioned me into ministry. And, it’s taken me not quite 10 years in ministry to get to the place where I am today.

Interesting stuff! Read the whole post ...

How did you get from there to here?
share your life story: