The Rural Think Tank
…It's Different Out Here.
The aging rural pastorate is not a single-cause problem. It is the result of compensation pressure, delayed retirement, seminary debt, shrinking pipelines, and changing expectations about ministry life.
The Following Statistics are from “Where is Rural America, and What Does it Look Like?” Published Feb 2017 “Rural America” is a deceptively simple term for a remarkably diverse collection of places. It includes nearly 72 percent of the land area of the United States and 46 million people. I rely upon a widely used USDA …
Back in March of 2017, PBS ran an article illustrating the some differences between Rural and Urban America. You can find that article here… There are some good statistics on poverty, disability, jobs, and entrepreneurship in rural areas. In the workshops that I give, I highlight that poverty and homelessness is very present and in …