Anchorage Church Blogger Chris Thompson Publishes Another Top Ten "To Do" List For Area Churches; How Well Do Latter-Day Saint Wards Measure Up?

For the second year in a row, Anchorage Daily News Church Visits blogger Chris Thompson has published an annual assessment of the outreach capabilities of the churches he's visited in Anchorage, Alaska during 2009. His post is entitled "Ten Things I’d Like to See More Anchorage Churches Confront in 2010". It appears my response to his 2008 assessment also attracted his attention; he states that "a Mormon-centric blog felt compelled to respond with a self-congratulating post stating all my concerns would likely be met in one of their churches".

While I certainly would hope that all his concerns would met by a visit to a typical LDS Church service, I certainly hadn't intended to give him the impression that I was "self-congratulating". I believe there is always room for improvement. So I am replicating his top ten points below, along with my assessment of where we stand. The ratings begin after the jump.