Got Questions Ministries

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Got Questions Ministries, whose website is GotQuestions.org, is an American ministry run by S. Michael Houdmann to answer peoples' Bible questions.

Got Questions Ministries is theologically Protestant, fundamentalist, evangelical, conservative, and non-denominational.[1] GotQuestions features over 6,300 answers as of May 2019.[2] It specifically does not agree with Pentecostal, Charismatic, or Seventh-day Adventist[3] teachings, though it considers adherents of those groups to be Christian. In addition, the website is mostly Calvinistic in its theology (it adheres to 4 point Calvinism).[4][5][6]

As of February 11, 2020, the web traffic tracking company Alexa, ranks the website GotQuestions.org as being the 10,401th most popular website in the world.[7] The website GotQuestions.org is the 5th most popular Christian website in the world if one looks at the Alexa data.[8]

According to Got Questions Ministries, within one month of their launch, GotQuestions.org was receiving over 30 questions a day. The volunteer staff grew from 5 writers, to 10, to 20, to 50, and ultimately to its current staff of over 275 writers (In 2013, Got Questions Ministries reported having over 275 writers).[9] Gotquestions.org relies on three things: 1) Search engine optimization (SEO) 2) Content marketing 3) Volunteer recruitment/management."[10] See: S. Michael Houdmann - 10-Year Anniversary Presentation and Got Questions? Interview with Got Questions founder, Shea Michael Houdmann (October 2022 interview) and Apply to serve with GotQuestions.org

Got Questions Ministries and Google referral traffic

See also: Internet evangelism: Christians vs. atheists

In December of 2020, the Christian internet ministry Got Questions Ministries saw a very large increase in its Google referral traffic according to the leading web marketing website SEMRush.

According to the article 1,000+ Winners and Losers of the December 2020 Google Core Algorithm Update the website Gotquestions.org saw the 7th biggest increase in Google referral traffic as far as the 50 domains that saw the greatest percent gain in Google visibility.[11]

Google uses over 200 factors to evaluate the quality and the relevance of a website to various topics.
Large multilingual websites with a lot of Google referral traffic from around the world such as Gotquestions.org have a large amount of relevant inbound links from around the world.

Questionable doctrines

Due to Got Questions' adherence to Calvinist doctrines, some of their articles contain interpretations of Scripture which do not represent the majority view among Christians:

  • Insistence of "once saved, always saved" – Got Questions insists upon the Calvinist doctrine that salvation cannot be lost.[12] The view (also called "eternal security") is not held among Catholic or Orthodox adherents, and is also opposed by Churches of Christ, Assemblies of God, and Free Will Baptist adherents.

The owner of Got Questions Ministries, S. Michael Houdmann, has a 4 point Calvinism theology.[13]

However, the ministry takes this position:

“ So, in the Calvinism vs. Arminianism debate, who is correct? It is interesting that in the diversity of the body of Christ, there are all sorts of mixtures of Calvinism and Arminianism. There are five-point Calvinists and five-point Arminians and three-point Calvinists and two-point Arminians. Many believers arrive at some sort of mixture of the two views. Ultimately, it is our opinion that both systems fail in that they attempt to explain the unexplainable. Human beings are incapable of fully grasping a concept such as this. Yes, God is absolutely sovereign and knows all. Yes, human beings are called to make a genuine decision to place faith in Christ unto salvation. These two facts seem contradictory to us, but in the mind of God they make perfect sense.[14] ”

See also

External links

References

  1. ↑ "About," GotQuestions.org
  2. ↑ [1], retrieved May 17, 2019.
  3. ↑ What is Seventh-day Adventism, and what do Seventh-day Adventists believe?
  4. ↑ What is Amyraldism / Four-Point Calvinism?
  5. ↑ What is Calvinism and is it biblical?, Gotquestions.org
  6. ↑ What are the 5 Points of Calvinism? | What is Calvinism and is it Biblical?
  7. ↑ Alexa - Gotquestions.org
  8. ↑ Alexa rankings of Christian websites, Alexa ranks Christian websites by global market share (Alexa includes Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormon websites as being Christian, but those religious sects are not Christian)
  9. ↑ S. Michael Houdmann - 10-Year Anniversary Presentation
  10. ↑ S. Michael Houdmann - 10-Year Anniversary Presentation
  11. ↑ 1,000+ Winners and Losers of the December 2020 Google Core Algorithm Update
  12. ↑ Is once saved, always saved biblical? Got Questions. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  13. ↑ What is Amyraldism / Four-Point Calvinism?
  14. ↑ Calvinism vs. Arminianism - which view is correct?
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