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To America With Love: Why U.S. Christianity’s Resurgence Will Come From Immigrants
This article is from the September/October 2023 issue of Outreach magazine. As Ed Stetzer underscored...
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Chicken Feather Stories
I was told to be on my best behavior. A guest was coming for dinner. My family uses a standard practice...
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Nine Lessons for Rural Pastors from the life of Benjamin Francis
Benjamin Francis had everything against him. English wasn’t his native tongue. He was a bi-vocational...
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10 Things I Would Have Done Differently
I pastored a normative size church in Indiana for 8 years. It was revitalization work, and by all outward...
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The Stable Church
In his book, Shepherding the Small Church, Glenn Daman brings up a myth plaguing small and rural churches...
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Two-Level Lessons Learned in Seattle
Early Seattle had a significant problem. Their toilets would not flush. I think that we will agree that...
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Developing a Theological Mandate for Rural Ministry Part 2: Ecclesiology and the Rural Church
Within each of the various theological disciplines, there is both agreement and disagreement among scholars....
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Rural Churches Need More Weak Relationships
We need more weak relationships in our rural churches. Granted, “weak relationships” do not make for...
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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 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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Sustaining Rural Ministry
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in rural ministry.   Books were written, mini-conferences...
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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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