Ministry to People with Special Needs with Rebekah Burford
Join us this week as we talk to Pastor Rebekah Burford about her journey in rural ministry and her...
Pastoral Transition in a Rural Community with Alvin Koski
Join us as we visit with Alvin Koski today about pastoral transition, discipleship, and how to find new growth as programs ebb and flow....
Adapting to Rural Culture with Steve Mallery
Join pastor Steve Mallery as he talks about his journey of learning to adapt to the rural context. In today’s episode we also discuss...
The Challenges and Blessings of Longevity with Foster Beckstrand
Pastor Foster Beckstrand has been in Dazey, ND for 24 years. Over that span he was walked through...
The Rural Church and Missions Impact with Manual Probuhdas
Join us today as we discuss the impact of the rural church on global missions efforts with pastor and missionary Manual Probuhdas. We...
Revitalizing the Rural Church with Mike Skaggs
Pastor Mike Skaggs has spent his 30 year ministry career revitalizing rural churches. Join us today as he shares about how to find footing...
Rural Resource: Rural Mission by Will Basham
Join us today as we interview pastor and author Will Basham about his book Rural Mission: Insights...
Planting Rural Churches Part 4 with Chad Randleman
Join us as we hear from Chad Randleman and his journey with planting a rural church. Today we get to talk about how failures often function...
Planting Rural Churches Part 3 with Kevin Peterson and Doug Gentry
Join us as we hear from Pastor Kevin and Pastor Doug on their experience planting a dinner church in their community. Their story is rich...
Planting Rural Churches Part 2 with Randy Jumper
Join us today as we talk to Pastor Randy Jumper about the various challenges facing rural contexts....
Planting Rural Churches Part 1 With Will Hampton
Join Pastor Will Hampton as he shares his journey with rural church planting. We cover topics today including raising up leaders, the value...
The Rural Church in History: Celtic Christianity
Join host Joe Epley as we dive into the history of the church. During the dark ages, it was not the established church of the day, but...
Rural Advancement: Year in Review
Join host Joe Epley as he discusses where we’ve been for 2022, what we’ve learned so...
Obedience to God’s Call with Troy and Brenda Renter
Join pastors Troy and Brenda Renter as they discuss their varied ministry career, going from large churches to small ones and the lessons...
Embracing the Process with Paul Richardson
Pastor Paul Richardson talks about embracing the process of discipleship. Leadership, conviction, and becoming followers of Jesus takes...
Bi-vocational Voices Part 6 with Tim Floyd
Tim Floyd is a pastor and a full time chaplain at a psychiatric hospital. Tune in as we discuss the...
Bi-vocational Voices Part 5 with Aimee Osterhout
Join us today as we talk with Pastor Aimee Osterhout about her journey in a rural community of 98 people! Today she tells us of the value...
Bi-vocational Voices Part 4 with Maynard and Brenda McCarthy
Join us today as we interview Pastors Maynard and Brenda McCarthy and hear about the lessons that bi-vocational ministry has taught them....
Rural Resource: The Forgotten Church Part 2, with author Glenn Daman
Join us today as we continue discussing Glenn Daman’s book, The Forgotten Church: Why Rural...
Rural Resource: The Forgotten Church Part 1
Join host Joe Epley as he walks through various bits of wisdom from the book The Forgotten Church: Why Rural Ministry Matters For Every...
Bi-Vocational Voices Part 3 with Tyler McGuire
Tyler McGuire works both as a pastor and in the public school system. Join us today as we discuss empowering other in the church, touching...
Bi-vocational Voices Part 2 with Steve McBrien
Join us today as we discuss being bi-vocational with Steve McBrien, pastor in Oswego, Kansas. Steve...
Bi-vocational Voices Part 1 with Garrett Freier
Join us this week as we hear from Garrett Freier, who spent 10 years in bi-vocational small town ministry as a youth pastor. Listen in...
Community Outreach Part 3 with David Bright
Join us today as we dive into how to meet the community in unlikely places. Pastor David Bright opens up about the Liar’s Table, how...
Community Outreach Part 2 with Kent Anderson
Join us today as Kent Anderson discusses the need to reach community stakeholders, the benefit of...
Community Outreach Part 1 with Chuck Pruett
On today’s episode, Pastor Chuck Pruett shares lessons learned from his tenure in a Minnesota small town. He shares about a...
Rural Mindsets: The Good, the Bad, and the Godly part 4 with Dwight Sandoz
Join us today as we finish out our series on rural mindsets. Dwight Sandoz is the head of Rural Advancement, and he shares the wisdom he...
Rural Mindsets: The Good, the Bad, and the Godly part 3 with Gerad Strong
Gerad Strong was raised rural, has pastored rural churches, planted rural churches, and now helps...
Rural Mindsets: The Good, the Bad, and the Godly, part 2 with Kevin Geer
Pastor Kevin Geer was raised in a small town and now pastors a church intent on planting churches in rural places. Tune in as we discuss...
Rural Mindsets: The Good, the Bad, and the Godly, Part 1 with Twyla Kuntz
Join us today as we talk with long time rural minister Twyla Kuntz about which mindsets help rural churches, which ones hurt rural...
Rural Resources: God’s Country Part 2, Interview with Brad Roth
Join us today as we interview Brad Roth about his book, God’s Country: Faith, Hope, and the...
Rural Resources: God’s Country Part 1
Join host Joe Epley as he talks through some of the lessons he pulled from the book God’s Country: Faith, Hope, and the Future of the...
Discipleship Part 4: Miracles in the Marketplace with Steve Donaldson
Join us today as we hear insights from Steve Donaldson, founder of Rural Compassion. He shares about how to instill creativity in the rural...
Discipleship Part 3: Lessons on Community with Neil Oravsky
Neil Oravsky has recently completed his masters degree through Trinity Bible College and Graduate...
Discipleship part 2: Holy Spirit Empowered Discipleship with Alton Garrison
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Discipleship Part 1: A Visit to Rural Kansas with Dwight Dozier
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Pastor Cody Cochran: Unique Pastoral Strategies in Unwelcoming Places
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“Not Your Ordinary Church:” an Extraordinary Church Movement Seeking to Reach an Unordinary Community
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Utilizing the 7 Mountains of Influence on the Native American Reservation: With Dobie Weasel From Life Tribe Ministries
In this episode, Dobie Weasel tells his testimony of how God brought him from a life of dealing drugs, and severe alcohol abuse to becoming...
