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Rural Leadership Development: A Critique of Pastoral Leadership Resources

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Ministry leadership development has neglected the rural ministry model for the younger generation.
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Ministerial Succession And Transition In Rural Churches: Challenges and Opportunities

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Rural churches would benefit from well-developed transition plans and discussions among their leade…
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Population Decline in Rural America: A Case for Continued Church Planting and Ministry Investment

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Read the Academic Article Written by Dwight D. Dozier This study researched the feasibility of church planting and ministry investment in...
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A Multisite Church Model in the Rural Context

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Varying church models exist throughout the Christian church context. A multisite church model is on…
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Partnership in the Gospel

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By Dwight Sandoz Read the Academic Article: Partnership in the Gospel The summer of 1987 provided a new opportunity for ministry and our...
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Theology of the Call: Acts 26:16-20

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Read the Academic Article This paper presents the need to review the theology of God’s call connected to missions and the rural church....
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Trends and Strategies for Churches and Ministry in the Sandhills of Rural Nebraska

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Read the Academic Article By Ronald L. Masten Partnership on purpose, spiritual fervency, and...
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Church Turnaround in Rural America

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Finding factors led rural pastors from a season of plateau or decline to turnaround; producing chur…
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Strategies for Effective Native American Ministries

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From studying the research, pursuing meaningful relationships, contextualized discipleship, indigen…
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