The Rural Think Tank
…It's Different Out Here.
Rural church resources. Free and practical tools for small church leaders including Sunday school curriculum, administration guides, and volunteer management.
The real question for Christian parents is not simply homeschool or public school. Rural churches and families need to think more clearly about formation, responsibility, and discipleship.
For generations, many rural churches have built children’s ministry, youth ministry, outreach rhythms, and even their calendars around the local school. That made sense when a town had one clear school identity, one district, and one set of weekly rhythms that most families shared. That is not always true anymore. In many places, school consolidation …
Rural development often centers on grants, broadband, and infrastructure, but many small towns still rely on churches to supply trust, volunteer capacity, and local staying power. Rural churches are not the whole development strategy, but they remain one of the strongest institutions many towns still have.
Radiant Mobile may meet a real need for Christian families, but its launch raises bigger questions about filtering, discipleship, Christian branding, and church loyalty incentives.
A Palm Sunday Bible study from Matthew 21:1-11 on the difference between the king people wanted and the King Jesus actually is.
Why technology matters for rural ministry Rural communities face real barriers to connection. Distance, limited broadband, and small populations make it harder to reach people with the gospel using traditional methods alone. But technology, used thoughtfully, can extend the reach of a small church in ways that were not possible a generation ago. This is …
The Heartland Is Not a Mission Field Somewhere Else When most people think about evangelism, they think about distant places. Foreign countries. Urban centers. Places where the gospel has never been heard. And those places matter. The Great Commission is global, and the church must be global in its vision. But there is a mission …
This message is from 3/28/21 at Morey Chapel Church of Christ near Westville, Illinois. It takes a look at the Triumphal Entry of Jesus on Palm Sunday, plcing it in hisorical context of other things occurring at the same time. What are you paying attention to?
This message is from 3/21/21 at Morey Chapel Church of Christ near Westville, Illinois.
This message was given at Morey Chapel Church of Christ on 3/14/21, based out of Ezekiel 37. It encourages you to consider your identity.