2015 in Review
It has been quite a year at A Legacy of Faith. We continue to be amazed by your encouragement, and we are thankful for you reading what we write and we just pray each post is encouraging to you.
As we begin a new year, we wanted to take one post to share some facts and figures from the previous year. Also, we will share our most-viewed posts of 2015. Finally, we will share our goals for the site in 2016.
2015 Goals in Review
We set several goals to strive to reach in this post as 2014 was winding down and 2015 beginning. Here’s how we did.
Email subscribers. We wanted to go over 1000 people who receive A Legacy of Faith each day through email. As of this writing, we hit that goal, with 1080.
Facebook fans. On this goal, we went lofty! We set the target at 1700. Though we fell short, we are still proud to be closing in on 1300. That’s almost 400 more than this time last year.
Podcast downloads. We wanted to average 600 per episode. With the stop and relaunch of our show, our numbers dropped off, but we are still averaging about 250 downloads each week. We want to get this number up (a lot) in the coming year, but we’re thankful for everyone who listens weekly.
2016 Goals
With those numbers in mind, here is what we want to accomplish in 2016.
Email subscribers. In many ways, this is the basis of what we do, so this is a major focus for us. We are setting this goal pretty high, but it’s attainable. We’d like to grow to 1500 email subscribers this year. By the way, if you would like to join this list and help us start toward that goal, here’s the link to do that.
Facebook fans. We, admittedly, do not utilize Facebook as well as we should, but appreciate all who like our page. It helps us reach more people when you do that. In 2016, we would like to have this number grow to over 1750. Here’s the link for that, if you want to join in.
Podcast downloads. This is the hardest to measure, but we really want this number to grow. We are setting the same goal we did last year, of having 600 downloads per week. If you are unfamiliar with our podcast, here is the link to our archives.
Top 15 Posts of 2015
The following posts were not necessarily written in 2015, but during the calendar year, they drew the most views.
#15: A 5×5 Approach to Ministry (September 2, 2015)
#14: Why You Need a Hard Copy of the Bible (July 14, 2015)
#13: May I Ask My Social Media Friends a Favor? (February 16, 2015)
#12: Christianity and Christmas (December 15, 2015)
#11: A Personal Letter to My Homosexual Friends (April 4, 2013)
#10: What are We to Do with Hymns that Go Against Our Conscience? (February 11, 2015)
#9: What I Wish the Church Knew about the Preacher’s Family (July 10, 2015)
#8: An Open Letter to the Alcohol Beverage Industry (March 19, 2012)
#7: What Jesus Said about Homosexuality (May 12, 2015)
#6: How to Lose Young People (in Three Words) (August 31, 2015)
#5: An Appropriate Place for “George” (July 27, 2015)
#4: How to Handle a Government Decision You Disagree With (June 28, 2012)
#3: Suit and Tie Sunday? (February 10, 2015)
#2: Hymn Reflection: “How Deep the Father’s Love for Us” (July 5, 2013)
#1: An Open Letter to the 4th Avenue Church of Christ (December 4, 2014)
Other Highlights
In addition to our blog and podcast, two of the members of A Legacy of Faith had books published this year.
Jim Faughn wrote a book on the home that has been doing very well. Find out more about his book God Give Us Christian Homes.
Adam Faughn wrote a series of essays on Psalms and it was published in book form. Find out more about his book Hymns of the Heart.
Of course, there are many other personal highlights from the past year, but we hope this look back encourages you. We also hope you’ll be with us in 2016, and help spread the word about what we strive to do at A Legacy of Faith. Thank you for what every one of you means to us!
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