Rural Thinktank Podcast Episode 46: Foundational Issues for a Healthy Church
This message was given 1/24/21 at Morey Chapel Church of Christ, near Westville, Illinois. Sources MinistryPlace.net Rural Think Tank
Rural Thinktank Episode 25: The Corvette in the Barn
This is a message given at Bainbridge Christian Church in Bainbridge, Indiana on 12/29/2019. Focal Passage: I John 1:1-10 The Word of Life 1 That which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which…
Rural Thinktank Episode 23: What is a “Community Missionary”?
I often refer to myself and the ministry I provide in my area as being a “Community Missionary”. It’s not an idea that is new or novel. I am sure that there are a lot…
Rural Think Tank Podcast Episode 14: Streamlining in Rural and Small Church Ministry
Why do you do what you do in your church? It’s a hard question to answer sometimes. Other times, the answer is clear – “Because that’s the way we’ve ALWAYS done it”. This episode discusses…
Rural Think Tank Podcast Episode 13: Training Resources for Rural and Small Church Ministry
The Training Gap in Rural Ministry Rural pastors face a unique challenge: they are expected to be experts in everything — preaching, counseling, administration, technology, youth ministry, senior care, and community outreach — but they…
Rural Think Tank Podcast Episode 12: Empowering the Senior Adults in Your Congregation
This podcast episode looks at the “graying” of our rural and small congregations (Episodes 3 and 6 are also related here). I discuss changing the perspective of how you do ministry when you have a…
Rural Think Tank Podcast Episode 11: Unleash the Creatives!
The Untapped Creative Potential in Your Church Every church has them. The artist who sketches in the margins of the bulletin. The musician who plays in a band on Saturday night but never on Sunday…
Rural Think Tank : Bonus! Episode 3 – Demographics, Rural Ministry and The Rural Brain Drain, Oh My!
This is an unscheduled Bonus episode this week that is a little longer form than the typical episode. This is because it is packed with two topics that deeply affect rural ministry – Demographics and…
Just stop it, already…
This post was originally published on my other blog, MinistryPlace.net “Why do we do this ministry every year?” “Well…kinda because we’ve always been the ones to do It?….” We have all had that conversation in our churches.…
Red Wing Shoes and Ministry Consulting…
This post was originally published on MinistryPlace.net. What a shoe store can teach the church Sometimes you learn life lessons in the strangest places. I learned a lesson about church consulting at a Red Wing…
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