Chicken Feather Stories by Carl Greene
I was told to be on my best behavior. A guest was coming for dinner. My family uses a standard practice to ensure that I…
Nine Lessons for Rural Pastors from the life of Benjamin Francis by: Tim Wilson
Benjamin Francis had everything against him. English wasn't his native tongue. He was a bi-vocational farmer-pastor. He pastored a small congregation in a small village.…
10 Things I Would Have Done Differently by Brandon Sutton
I pastored a normative size church in Indiana for 8 years. It was revitalization work, and by all outward appearances, it was successful. We grew…
The Stable Church by Jeff Clark
In his book, Shepherding the Small Church, Glenn Daman brings up a myth plaguing small and rural churches today. The myth equates evangelism with numerical…
Developing a Theological Mandate for Rural Ministry Part 2: Ecclesiology and the Rural Church: By Glenn Daman
Within each of the various theological disciplines, there is both agreement and disagreement among scholars. Depending upon the field, some classifications (such as Christology) have…
Rural Churches Need More Weak Relationships by: Carl Greene
We need more weak relationships in our rural churches. Granted, “weak relationships” do not make for a catchy tagline in our discipleship plan. In general,…
Developing a Theological Mandate for Rural Ministry By Glenn Daman
Part 1: Soteriology and the Rural Church In his classic book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis writes, "If you do not listen to Theology, that…
The Mann Gulch Wildfire of 1949: Lessons for Rural Pastors By Carl P. Greene
August 5, 1949. A wildfire started in Mann Gulch of Montana’s Helena National Forest that burned nearly 5,000 acres of woods and grasslands.[1] When the…
Sustaining Rural Ministry By Glenn Daman
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in rural ministry. Books were written, mini-conferences were established, and web pages were built to equip…
Rural Leader’s Newsletter
Starting something new always presents a risk. Will people like it, or will they hate it? Will they read it, or will they simply discard…
