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Convening Thought Leaders: The Evangelism Leaders Fellowship
One of my roles as Managing Director of the Billy Graham Center for Evangelism is leading the center’s...
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Mending the Nets
by C.W. Cushman Rural Shepherds Network Founder and President Back in 2002, I had been at a local ministerial...
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Why We Need a Missiological Edge in Church Planting
North American church planting has grown up a lot since I first planted in 1988 as a 20-year-old who...
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Navigating the Religious Culture
As a sociologist of religion in Canada, I regularly consult with church groups across the country seeking...
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One Thousand Splinters
Roughly one century ago, Christians in the United States walked through a battle about orthodoxy known...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Diaspora Churches On The Move
What is the role of immigration in shaping American Churches.