The Rural Think Tank
…It's Different Out Here.
Rural church planting resources. Starting new churches in small-town and rural America. Strategy, challenges, and lessons learned.
2 Corinthians 5:17, ESV Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come. Galatians 5:14 ESV 14 For the whole law is fulfilled in one word: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself.” Colossians 3:13 (ESV) 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each …
The Myth of the Self-Sufficient Church Ephesians 4:11-16 — “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ.” There is a myth in rural ministry that says the church should be self-sufficient. We should be …
Does Your Church Look Like Your Neighborhood? 1 Peter 2:4-10 — “As you come to him, a living stone rejected by men but in sight of God chosen and precious, you yourselves like living stones are being built up as a spiritual house.” Peter’s metaphor is beautiful. The church is a spiritual house, built from …