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Rural Leader's Newsletter
Starting something new always presents a risk. Will people like it, or will they hate it? Will they read...
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Who Are the Missiologists Influencing Your Church Planting Network?
As much as you focus on recruiting and developing church planters, your organization also needs to develop...
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God’s Global Mission in an Era of the Autonomous Self
Many church leaders do cultural studies and wrestle with the sociology of place.  On a different track,...
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Church Planting to Engage the Marketplace
Entrepreneurial Church Planting: A Missional Approach to Engage the Marketplace By W. Jay Moon Marketplace...
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Sustaining Rural Ministry
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in rural ministry.   Books were written, mini-conferences...
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The Mann Gulch Wildfire of 1949: Lessons for Rural Pastors
August 5, 1949. A wildfire started in Mann Gulch of Montana’s Helena National Forest that burned nearly...
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City Shaped Churches: Ethnic Enclaves
I have always loved cities.  I have been simultaneously fascinated by how different peoples choose to...
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Convergence of Vocation: A Covocational Primer for Church Planting Networks
Convergence of Vocation: A Covocational Primer for Church Planting Networks The Send Institute recently...
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A Case for De-Coupling Church Planting and Entrepreneurship
A Case for De-Coupling Church Planting and Entrepreneurship Over the last decade, I’ve noticed an interesting...
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Developing a Theological Mandate for Rural Ministry
Part 1:  Soteriology and the Rural Church   In his classic book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis writes,...
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The Undeniable, Irresistible Resilience Of The Small Church
Small churches are not better than big churches. Big churches aren’t better than small ones. The arguments...
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5 Marks of a Healthy Church Planter
The Send Network has created an E-book to consider the attributes of a healthy church planter. The authors...
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