The New Testament vision of the church was never a collection of isolated individuals who gathered once a week to receive religious instruction and then returned to private lives untouched…
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Navigating the Fishbowl Dynamic of Small-Community Ministry
Life Under Glass There is a moment that almost every small-town minister knows. You are at the feed store on a Tuesday morning, or the cafe on a Wednesday, or…
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You Are Not Competing With a Broadcast
Equipping Rural Leaders for the Ministry They Actually Have The Elephant in the Room Let’s talk about something almost nobody in the ministry conversation likes to discuss. At any moment…
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When the Offering Plate isn’t Full Enough
Financial Faithfulness in the Rural Church By Jason Corder | ruralchurch.net It’s the Conversation Nobody Wants to Have There is a subject that is felt by nearly everyone, discussed honestly…
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Reaching the Next Generation of the Rural Church By Jason Corder | Rural Church Network Reaching the next generation is not an abstract concern for me — it is a…
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Formed by the Feed: Helping Your Congregation Navigate Social Media and Online Culture
The Discipleship You Didn’t Sign Up For Every Church leader knows that discipleship is slow, intentional work. It happens in the sermon, in the small group, in the pastoral conversation…
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When Sunday Became Optional
Shepherding Your Congregation Through Competing Loyalties Jason Corder | ruralchurch.net They were there for years — every Sunday, front half of the sanctuary, kids in tow. And then the oldest…
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Fewer Doesn’t Mean Finished
The Rural Church in a Shrinking Community By Jason Corder | ruralchurch.net The Empty Pews Nobody Talks About There is a particular kind of grief that settles over a rural…
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Introducing – The Weight We Carry
A Grief Series for Real People in Real Pain There is a particular kind of weight that only grieving people know. It is not just sadness — though sadness is…
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Building a Leadership Pipeline in the Rural Church
The Question Nobody Wants to Ask There is a question that most rural ministers quietly avoid, not because they don’t care about the answer, but because asking it out loud…
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