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Category: Rural Church Health

This is NOT DiY – #1 Check the Foundation..

March 30, 2019 by brentlacydotcom

What does the foundation look like?  Acts 1:8  but you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be My witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and even to the remotest part of the earth.”  Matthew 28:16-20  16 Now the eleven disciples [f] went to Galilee, to the …

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Farmers and Suicide Rates

August 6, 2018 by brentlacydotcom

If you work in a rural community, there is something you need to be aware of. For the most part, farmers are hurting. I am not talking about poor harvests, lack of technology. Farmers have a significantly large suicide rate. At the present time, we do not know how large, as the CDC has retracted …

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The Rural Brain Drain

August 6, 2018 by brentlacydotcom

The phrase “Rural Brain Drain” originated from a book called “Hollowing out the Middle“, which is based off a study performed by the authors. It looked at the effect that adults were having in their community by preparing their best and brightest to be shipped off to colleges and universities, sometimes never to return to …

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