2007 was Presbymergent’s best year ever! Well…actually, 2007 has been our only year (so far), but it was still a great year. Here are some of the milestones and highlights:

1. Welcome to Presbymergent.org! With this short post, a community is born. The brainchild of Adam Walker Cleaveland and Karen Sloan, Presbymergent aimed from the start to “serve as a portal for all who are interested in connecting with Presbyterian and emerging pastors, leaders and lay people who are interested in and wrestling with how to live in and work in a ‘presbymergent’ world.“
2. The blogosphere begins to take notice of Presbymergent, and people start to subscribe, comment, and add their blogs and church sites to our directory. Additionally, Presbymergent begins to accept User Driven Content, allowing any registered user to post articles and blog entries.
3. Presbymergent’s panel of editors kick off a series of posts on the theme “Why I Am Presbymergent.” Notable guests like LeRon Shults, Nannette Sawyer, and Troy Bronsink, weigh in with posts of their own.
4. Presbymergent passes the 100 member milestone, and the Presbymergent Facebook group makes its first appearance (March, 2007)
5. Presbymergent Parties bring presbymergents together face to face at conferences spanning the country, including our very first 100% Presbymergent Conference in Pittsburgh.
6. Presbymergent is featured in an article of the Prebyterian Outlook, and later several presbymergent members take over the Outlook to produce an issue on Web2.0.
7. In November, Presbymergent.org passes the 200 member mark, while The facebook group reaches 248 members.
8. The website gets a fresh new look, some upgraded functionality. and even some pretty faces!
9. The PCUSA reaches out to Presbymergent.org to help find and fund Emerging Presbyterian churches with grant money: The Open Door (Pittsburgh) and The Living Room (Atlanta) are awarded funding.
10. Some of the year’s most popular posts (by comments) were:
    • Wrestling with Angels (Demons), by Steve Clark
    • Collaborative Sermons, by Neal Locke
    • Are Seminarians Trained to Lead the 21st Century Church? by Jan Edmiston
    • Presbymergent for Noobs, by Shawn Coons
    • A Challenge to Emergent Authors, by Neal Locke

It’s been a tremendous year, bringing together new faces, friends, ideas, and ideologies. Through all the blog posts, comment threads, conferences, conversations, and shared meals, we hope that God’s spirit has touched you in some way, and brought you closer not only to the presbymergent community, but to a King and a Kingdom – one that is (especially around here) often full of “loyal radicals” and “reformed reformers.” Happy New Year, and see you in 2008!