Download or read book Rules of the Rural Church written by George Shears, III and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rules of the Rural Church offers some insight into what it takes to pastor in a rural church setting. The rural church is a unique place to be. It is not for everyone, but it can be an incredible place to grow in one's pastoral calling and serve God. If you are called into the ministry, there is no better place than serving in a rural community. This book will show young pastors some of the challenges that come with pastoring in a rural setting and how to overcome them. This book is not for the faint of heart. It is packed with information that may shock young pastors but will surely help them be better pastors in rural churches. Some of these lessons too many pastors learned in hindsight are insights that many pastors wish someone would have told when starting pastoring a rural church. It is packed with real examples that pastors across the country have experienced. This book will help young pastors to be better pastors in a rural church context.
Download or read book Rules and Regulations of the Moravian Church written by Moravian Church. North Dakota District and published by . This book was released on 1947* with total page 19 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Transforming Church in Rural America written by Shannon O'Dell and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No matter what size church you are a part of, this book will challenge your traditional thinking, force you to look beyond the status quo, and enable you to grasp a bigger vision of what God has in store for your ministry and your leadership." -Ed Young, Fellowship Church "Shannon O'Dell's passion for the rural church in America is contagious" -Craig Groeschel, LifeChurch.tv Small church buildings dotting the countryside are home to ministries that often struggle with limited attendance, no money, and little expectation that change can revitalize their future. In Transforming Church in Rural America, Pastor Shannon O'Dell shares a powerful vision of relevance, possibility, and excellence for these small churches, or for any ministry that is stuck in a "rural state of mind." The book reveals: how to generate growth through transformed lives ways to create active evangelism in your community no-cost solutions for staffing challenges, enhancing the worship experience, and inspiring volunteers Focusing on vision, attitude, leadership, and innovation, you can learn the practical strategies and biblical guidance that helped to grow a church of 31 into a multi-campus church of several thousand, with a national and global outreach. Discover effective structure and ways to cast God-given vision so others can follow and make an impact. Experience the blueprint for transforming into effective, dynamic, and thriving churches no matter where the location or how small it may be. MORE INFO
Download or read book Transforming Church in Rural America written by Shannon O'Dell and published by New Leaf Publishing Group. This book was released on 2010-04-01 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "No matter what size church you are a part of, this book will challenge your traditional thinking, force you to look beyond the status quo, and enable you to grasp a bigger vision of what God has in store for your ministry and your leadership." -Ed Young, Fellowship Church "Shannon O'Dell's passion for the rural church in America is contagious" -Craig Groeschel, LifeChurch.tv Small church buildings dotting the countryside are home to ministries that often struggle with limited attendance, no money, and little expectation that change can revitalize their future. In Transforming Church in Rural America, Pastor Shannon O'Dell shares a powerful vision of relevance, possibility, and excellence for these small churches, or for any ministry that is stuck in a "rural state of mind." The book reveals: how to generate growth through transformed lives ways to create active evangelism in your community no-cost solutions for staffing challenges, enhancing the worship experience, and inspiring volunteers Focusing on vision, attitude, leadership, and innovation, you can learn the practical strategies and biblical guidance that helped to grow a church of 31 into a multi-campus church of several thousand, with a national and global outreach. Discover effective structure and ways to cast God-given vision so others can follow and make an impact. Experience the blueprint for transforming into effective, dynamic, and thriving churches no matter where the location or how small it may be. MORE INFO
Download or read book The Rural Church written by UNKNOWN. AUTHOR and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-07-18 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rural Church: And Community Betterment The best center for teaching the Bible in the country community: IS it Within the church or outside of churches? What are the best courses of Bible study for working farmers? IS the present doctrinal training obsolete? Does the philosophy and theology taught in colleges and seminaries unfit men for rural service by its individualism? By teaching about exceptional instances, mira cles, wonders, heroism and saints, instead of teaching obedience to law, average cases, standards of conduct, typical men, practicable, economical and ethical levels? Is the seminary training for rural pastors unsuited by its traditions, viz., a prayer for rain in a region watered by irrigation? Does social efficiency suffer through the teach ing of sectarian doctrines? What course of seminary training would fit men for rural service? Should the seminary or the agricultural col lege train men for service in the country? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Rural Church Message written by Men and religion forward movement and published by . This book was released on 1912 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Surveying Your Community written by Edmund de Schweinitz Brunner and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Imagining the Small Church written by Steve Willis and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Imagining the Small Church: Celebrating a Simpler Path bears witness to what God is doing in small churches. Steve Willis tells stories from the small churches he has pastored in rural, town, and urban settings and dares to imagine that their way of being has something to teach all churches in this time of change in the American Christian Church. Willis tells us in the introduction, 'This book boasts no ten or fifteen steps to a successful small church. Instead, I hope to encourage you to give up on steps altogether and even to give up on success, at least how success is usually measured. I also hope to help the reader imagine the small church differently; to see with new eyes the joys and pleasures of living small and sustainably.' The joys and sorrows Willis helps us see through the compelling stories of faith in the small church puts flesh and bones on the possibilities that lie ahead for congregations in the future as well as the here and now. From the foreword by Tony Pappas: 'In Imagining the Small Church, pastor, writer, and lover of small things Steve Willis takes us on a narrative and imaginative journey. Some readers will have a sense that what Willis is describing simply names what they have already known in their hearts about their small churches. For them the journey will cover some familiar ground, explore some territory from a fresh angle, but deposit them nearly home again, hopefully with just a bit more awareness and appreciation. For others, though, Willis will take them on a long journey to a far and foreign place. They probably won't bother to finish reading it, and they will miss his invitation to find pastoring a small church extremely rewarding and meaningful. They will find this a strange book weird, off-center, and impractical; unlivable in the twenty-first century and undesirable in any event. This is because Willis is taking on the ethos, the values of our age, and claiming that it needn't be so. We can live on a different basis. We can live on the basis of gospel values.' There will be a variety of paths as the Church seeks new ways of being in this time. Willis knows this. In Imagining the Small Church he presents us with one that embraces a life of faith on the periphery and challenges church leaders to do the same.
Download or read book Forward Steps for Rural Churches written by Virginia Rural Church Conference Board and published by . This book was released on 1931 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rural Church Serving the Community written by Edwin Lee Earp and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Rural Church Movement written by Edwin Lee Earp and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Historic Rural Churches of Georgia written by Sonny Seals and published by University of Georgia Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-seven early houses of worship from all areas of the state. Nearly three hundred stunning color photographs capture the simple elegance of these sanctuaries and their surrounding grounds and cemeteries.
Download or read book Criteria for the Total Program of the Rural Church written by William Robert Richerson and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book RURAL CHURCH written by EDWIN L. EARP and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Job of the Rural Church in this Day written by Calvin Schnucker and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Directions for the Rural Church written by David M. Byers and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Resourcing Rural Ministry written by Mr. Simon Martin and published by . This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This resource offers an in-depth exploration of the key aspects and challenges of leading a rural church. Relevant for ordained and lay leaders alike, it contains real-life case studies and workbook-style material, offering practical guidance and suggested actions.
