Tag: Rural Advancement

Lessons from a Spanish American Context with Dennis Rivera

Pastor Dennis Rivera shares about challenges for rural multi-ethnic churches, but also the...
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Seeing God through a Food Bank with Monte Reichenberg

Pastor Monte Reichenberg shares about seeing God show up through the work of their church in a local food bank. Today we can be encouraged...
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Missions Giving, Vision Casting, and Leading into God’s Presence with Jeff Blizzard

Pastor Jeff Blizzard walks us through his thoughts on vision casting, how to deal with families leaving the church, and his passion for...
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Mindsets for growth with Scott Burr

Pastor Scott shares on mindsets that have helped him achieve longevity in rural ministry. He covers...
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Navigating Mentoring Relationships with Charitie Sandoz

Pastor Charitie Sandoz shares her perspective on effective mentoring and peer to peer relationships as a single woman in ministry. She...
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Rural Resource: Church Out Here Part 2 with Will Basham and Sam Byers

Join us for part 2 of our discussion with authors from the collaborative book, Church Out Here: Insights from Small-Town Churches....
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Rural Resource: Church Out Here Part 1 with Jason Cook and Jim Drake

Pastors Jim Drake and Jason Cook were part of a collaboration of authors who lent their voices...
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Community Development with Beth Epley

Beth Epley has spent the last seven years as a licensed minister of the Assemblies of God as well as the Executive Director of an economic...
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Small Town Resistance, the Power of a Funeral, and Successful Longevity with Jeff Kapelle

Pastor Jeff Kapelle has spent 35 years ministering in Tolna, ND. Join us today as he reflects on his tenure and how he has continued to...
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Healthy Work Rhythms with Paul Richardson

Pastor Paul Richardson joins us again to discuss concepts like sabbath, work/life balance, and the...
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Stories of God’s Provision with Denny Curan

Pastor Denny Curan recounts his ministry journey, sharing insights about how God has provided in a variety of ways. Tune in today to have...
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The Rural Church in Perspective with Pastor Doug Clay

Pastor Doug Clay serves as the superintendent of the Assemblies of God fellowship. Tune in today to hear how the rural church shaped his...
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Setting a Church Planting Culture with Clarence St. John

Pastor Clarence St. John has spent decades in ministry working with church planting on a network...
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Learning from International Rural Contexts with Nate Lashway

Missionary Nate Lashway discusses both his rural upbringing in ministry in the United States as well as his long term experience in the...
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Second Career Pastoring and the Power of Prayer with Chuck Lewis

Pastor Chuck Lewis began his pastoral career later in life! Listen in as he shares the lessons he has learned and how he has depended on...
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Spirituality and Daily Disciplines with Steven Pettit

Join Pastor Steven Pettit as we discuss spiritual disciplines, prayer, and the need to shepherd...
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Strengthening Marriages in the Rural Church with Beki Barbee

Pastor Beki Barbee outlines an event they do annually at their church directed towards strengthening marriages. She also speaks of her own...
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Loving the People in Front of You with Jim Loutzenhiser

Join us today as Pastor Jim Loutzenhiser shares about his ministry journey. Over the course of his life, he has worked as a pastor, a...
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Championing the Rural Church with Rich Greenwald

Rich Greenwald is a long time rural pastor and the director of Rural America Ministries Network....
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Tall Tales of the Rural Church: The Great Turkey Massacre

Join us for a new segment that we will release occasionally examining a simple question: What is one of the strangest things you have ever...
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Women in Ministry Part 2 With Rebecca Thomas

Join us this week as we enter part two of our conversation with Pastor Rebecca Thomas. We will continue to discuss the hurdles facing women...
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Women in Ministry Part 1 with Rebecca Thomas

Join us today for the first half of a conversation with Pastor Rebecca Thomas on women in ministry...
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Sustainable Growth in A Missional Context

Bob and Leanne Bachman have served the Lord for decades, first as farmers, then as missionary associates. Their travels have taken them all...
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Health and Dysfunction in the Rural Church with Barry Johnson

Pastor Barry Johnson has worked with dysfunctional churches and tried to bring them back to a place of health. After being in ministry for...
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A Case for Political Engagement with Jeremy Haroldson

Join us today as we hear from lead Pastor and Wyoming state legislator Jeremy Haroldson. Pastor...
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Coming into Rural from the Outside with Tom Burkholder

Join us this week as we interview Pastor Tom Burkholder  about coming into rural from the outside, creative outreach, and finding support...
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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 desire to minister effectively to people...
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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...
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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...
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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 ebbs and flows of rural church life...
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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...
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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...
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Rural Resource: Rural Mission by Will Basham

Join us today as we interview pastor and author Will Basham about his book Rural Mission: Insights from a Rural Church Planter. This book...
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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...
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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...
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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. We speak of the nature of small town...
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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...
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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...
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Rural Advancement: Year in Review

Join host Joe Epley as he discusses where we’ve been for 2022, what we’ve learned so far, and where we plan on going with the...
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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...
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Embracing the Process with Paul Richardson

Pastor Paul Richardson talks about embracing the process of discipleship. Leadership, conviction, and becoming followers of Jesus takes...
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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 value of a bi-vocational context for...
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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...
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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....
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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 Ministry Matters For Every Church in...
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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:...
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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...
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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 shares about how coaching has opened...
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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...
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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...
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Community Outreach Part 2 with Kent Anderson

Join us today as Kent Anderson discusses the need to reach community stakeholders, the benefit of long term relationship building, and his...
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Community Outreach Part 1 with Chuck Pruett

On today’s episode, Pastor Chuck Pruett shares lessons learned from his tenure in a Minnesota...
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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 other pastors do the same. Join us as we...
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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...
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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...
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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 Future of the Rural Church. Listen in as...
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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...
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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...
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Discipleship part 2: Holy Spirit Empowered Discipleship with Alton Garrison

https://ruraladvancement.com/podcast-player/7502/discipleship-part-2-holy-spirit-empowered-discipl…
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What if Your Blessings Come Through Forks?

Rural Interviews

“What are we going to do with hundreds of thousands of plastic forks?”
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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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