According to The Church Report:

The list is the result of over 200,000 nominations from readers of the magazine and our online readers.
This year’s most influential Christian in America, as chosen by the readers, is Pastor Joel Osteen of Lakewood Church in Houston, Texas.

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I bet there will be much celebrating over at the Boar’s Head Tavern (maybe they’ll hoist a round in his honor).
One question I have is how does Bush, the President of the United States and therefore pretty influential wind up in 11th place? How are they measuring influence? In the world? In their own lives?