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Demographics that Speak
The landscape of the U.S. is changing rapidly, and the census demographics are beginning to reflect the...
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Celebrate Dr. Billy Graham's Life and Continue His Legacy
Someday you will read or hear that Billy Graham is dead. Don’t you believe a word of it. I shall be more...
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Why Has It Become Harder To Stock the Church Planter Pipeline?
Today in ministry leadership, many have adopted this phrase used in business and organizational psychology:...
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The Dare of Diversity
Twenty years ago I read Frijof Capra’s The Web of Life: A New Scientific Understanding of Living Systems....
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Rural areas fear spread of virus as more hospitals close
CARROLLTON, Ala. (AP) — As the coronavirus spread across the United States, workers at the...
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Church Will Never be the Same
Social distancing and shelter-in-place ordinances that have arisen from this COVID-19 pandemic are challenging...
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'This is Going to Kill Small Town America'
BRISTOL, N.H. — The coronavirus itself was slow to arrive in Bristol, a lakeside town of 3,300 people....
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THE TIE THAT BINDS: JOHN FAWCETT'S DECISION TO STAY
We’ve heard this story before: A small church calls an inexperienced young man to serve as their pastor....
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Not Just an Urban Issue: Racism and the Church in Small-Town America
Over the past few weeks images of death, destruction, and anger have filled the screens of our phones...
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Redeeming Rural
A couple weeks ago the Laxton house couldn’t agree on a movie for family movie night, so my wife clicked...
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5 Network and Denominational Shifts Necessary for a Planting Movement in North America
There’s a certain desperation in the air. Not necessarily the kind that’s derived from a sense of hopelessness,...
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How Do We Lead Without the Answers? Glenn Daman
In thirty three years of ministry, the last four months have certainly been the most challenging I have...