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A movement of African American churches reaching out with the gospel to impact the world – Community by Community!
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Expanding Support for Rural Churches Across the Country with the help from Lilly Endowment Inc.
January 8, 2025 Wheaton College Billy Graham Center Receives $5 Million Grant from Lilly Endowment Inc....
Chicken Feather Stories
I was told to be on my best behavior. A guest was coming for dinner. My family uses a standard practice...
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...
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...
The Stable Church
In his book, Shepherding the Small Church, Glenn Daman brings up a myth plaguing small and rural churches...
Two-Level Lessons Learned in Seattle
Early Seattle had a significant problem. Their toilets would not flush. I think that we will agree that...
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....
Rural Churches Need More Weak Relationships
We need more weak relationships in our rural churches. Granted, “weak relationships” do not make for...
Developing a Theological Mandate for Rural Ministry
Part 1: Soteriology and the Rural Church In his classic book, Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis writes,...
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...
Sustaining Rural Ministry
In recent years there has been a renewed interest in rural ministry. Books were written, mini-conferences...
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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