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===Discernment blogging===
Kenne "Ken" Silva is said by other discernment bloggers to have pioneered online discernment ministry.<ref>Marsha West, "Online discernment ministries – the new lepers" http://bereanresearch.org/online-discernment-ministries-new-lepers/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200516021501/https://bereanresearch.org/online-discernment-ministries-new-lepers/ |date=16 May 2020 }}</ref> Ken was a [[Baptists|Baptist]] pastor who ran the discernment blog "Apprising". Silva wrote many blog articles about the [[Emergent Church|Emerging Church]], the [[Word of Faith|Word of Faith Movement]], the Jehovah's Witnesses, the [[Gay Christian Movement]], and many other groups. He started his blog in 2005 and wrote there until his death in 2014.<ref>Amy Spreeman, "Online Memorial for Pastor Ken Silva" http://standupforthetruth.com/2014/10/online-memorial-pastor-ken-silva-10614/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170322053822/http://standupforthetruth.com/2014/10/online-memorial-pastor-ken-silva-10614/ |date=22 March 2017 }}</ref>

Silva's work paved the way for other internet discernment ministries such as ''Pirate Christian Radio'', a group of blogs and podcasts founded by [[Lutheranism|Lutheran]] pastor Chris Rosebrough in 2008,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.piratechristian.com/contributors/|title = Contributors}}</ref> and ''Pulpit & Pen'', a discernment blog founded by Baptist pastor and [[polemic]]ist J. D. Hall.{{Citation needed|date=May 2022}}