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All-America Listener Challenge
The blue spaces on the map represent where listeners have downloaded the Rethinking Scripture Podcast. Who do you know that lives in a state that still needs listeners? Let’s fill up the map!
New Listeners in 2022!
NEW STATES : Alabama (Gulf Shores, Trussville), Arkansas (Harrison), Indiana (Bloomington), Iowa (Ankeny), New Jersey (Jersey City), New Mexico (Ruidoso), Oklahoma (Broken Bow)
NEW CITIES : California (Berkeley, Concord, Eureka, Fremont, Laguna Woods, Loomis, Morgan Hill, Renondo Beach, Rocklin, Oakley, San Dimas, San Pedro, Upland) / Colorado (Rifle) / Florida (Bartow) / Georgia (Grovetown) / Minnesota (Victoria) / Montana (Great Falls, Nashua) / Nevada (Sparks) / South Carolina (Georgetown, Myrtle Beach) / Tennessee (Antioch, Clarksville & Huntsville) / Texas (Fort Worth, North Richland Hills & Nacogdoches) / Virginia (Gloucester) / Washington (Bainbridge Island, Olympia, Walla Walla)
NEW COUNTRIES : Austria (Vienna) / Canada (Brandon, Toronto, Oshawa, Ottawa, Winnipeg) / Croatia (Sveti Martin na Muri, Zagreb) / Ecuador (Guayaquil) / England (Cardiff, Dunstable, Waterlooville) / Germany (Dresden) / Netherlands (Voorberg) / Norway / Philippines (Quezon City) / Poland (Gorzów Wielkopolski) / Spain (Conturiz)
32 States with Listeners
Alabama – Gulf Shores, Trussville
Arkansas – Harrison
California – Anaheim, Aptos, Berkeley, Chula Vista, Concord, Fremont, Fresno, Laguna Woods, Loomis, Morgan Hill, Oakley, Oceanside, Redondo Beach, Rocklin, San Diego, San Dimas, San Francisco, San Lorenzo, San Pedro, Santa Cruz, Upland
Colorado – Colorado Springs, Denver, Rifle
Florida – Bartow, Boca Raton, Naples, Pompano Beach, Sarasota, Miami
Georgia – Atlanta, Grovetown
Hawaii – Kihei (Maui)
Idaho – Boise
Illinois – Bloomington, Hamel, Harrison, Wheaton
Indiana – Bloomington
Iowa – Ankeny
Kansas – Coffeyville, Lawrence, Lenexa
Louisiana – Jena, Ponchatoula
Maryland – Baltimore
Massachusetts – Boston, Fall River, Milton, Petersham
Michigan – Pinckney
Minnesota – Hamel, Minneapolis, Victoria
Montana – Condon, Great Falls, Nashua
Nevada – Las Vegas, Sparks
New Jersey – Jersey City
New Mexico – Ruidoso
New York – Brooklyn, Buffalo, Corinth, Laurelton, New York City
North Carolina – Apex, Charlotte, Fayetteville
Oklahoma – Broken Bow
Oregon – Baker City, Bend, Beaverton, Coos Bay, Corvallis, Cottage Grove, Hillsboro, Independence, Irrigon, Keizer, Lincoln City, Lyons, Medford, McMinnville, Newberg, Portland, Redmond, Salem, Sandy, Scio, Silverton, Tillamook, Turner, Woodburn
South Carolina – Fort Mill, Georgetown, Myrtle Beach
Tennessee – Antioch, Chickamauga, Clarksville, Cookeville, Franklin, Gallatin, Jackson, Mount Juliet
Texas – Corpus Christi, Duncanville, El Paso, Fort Worth, Nacogdoches
Utah – Layton
Virginia – Alexandria, Columbia, Fairfax, Gloucester, Norfolk
Washington – Bainbridge Island, Everett, Kirkland, Gig Harbor, Olympia, Port Orchard, Redmond, Renton, Seattle, Vancouver, Spokane, Wenatchee
West Virginia – Clarksburg
18 States Needing Listeners
Alaska
Arizona
Connecticut
Delaware
Kentucky
Maine
Mississippi
Missouri
Nebraska
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Vermont
Wisconsin
Wyoming
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