Rural Church Message
Author: Men and religion forward movement
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Published: 1912
Total Pages: 288
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Family Discipleship
Author: Matt Chandler
Publisher: Crossway
Published: 2020-08-28
Total Pages: 189
ISBN-13: 143356632X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The most important disciple a parent will make is within their own home, and yet this is the most difficult disciple to make. Family Discipleship by Matt Chandler and Adam Griffin helps readers develop a sustainable rhythm of gospel-centered discipleship through a guided framework focusing on moments of discipleship in 3 key areas: time (intentional time gathering your family around gospel activities or conversations), moments (leveraging opportunities throughout the day), and milestones (celebrating significant life events). Each section provides parents with Scriptures to consider, questions to answer, structures to implement, and ideas to try out as they seek to see Christ formed in their children. Here is a book that begins with the end in mind, offering ideas and examples of what gospel-centered family discipleship looks like, helping parents design their own discipleship plan as they seek to raise children in the love and fear of the Lord.
Rural Church Message
Scrappy Church
Author: Thom S. Rainer
Publisher: B&H Publishing Group
Published: 2018-09-25
Total Pages: 144
ISBN-13: 1535945842
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →How many times have we heard these statements… “We can’t compete with the megachurch in our town!” “A new church was started two blocks from us. We’ve got plenty of churches without them!” “The church brought another one of their campuses near us. It’s totally unethical what they are doing.” “We can’t reach young families. They all go to the big church that has all the children’s and student stuff.” “We don’t have the money or the people the other churches have.” Bestselling author Thom S. Rainer (I Am a Church Member, Autopsy of a Deceased Church) has heard comments like these hundreds, if not thousands, of times. They are statements of hopelessness. They are statements of despair. They are statements of defeat. Church leaders don’t want to feel this way. They desire to break out of the mediocrity of the same, lame, and tame existence of their churches. They want their churches to make a difference. There is hope. God’s hope. God’s possibilities. What does a scrappy church look like? Let’s take a look together.
Transforming Church in Rural America
Author: Shannon O'Dell
Publisher: New Leaf Publishing Group
Published: 2009-08
Total Pages: 210
ISBN-13: 0892216948
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →If you aren't transforming lives, then your church has no impact. This vital guide is for every deacon, elder, and pastor wanting to bring their rural church back to the business of changing lives. You can find no-cost solutions for staffing challenges, upgrading the worship, and generating teams of volunteers, as well as innovative strategies for growth. If you want to know how your church can become relevant in your community with your ministry, you will find the answers here.
Messages from the Small Country Church
Author: Rev. Dr. C. Joseph Fifer
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: 2014-08-11
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 1490846492
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →In this day and age of “bigger and better” or “bigger is better,” even our churches are starting to follow suit. The alarming trend that is occurring now in America is the assumption that if a group is big, it must be right; if a church is bigger than others, it must be even “more” right. This assumption is not correct. This nation was built and became what it is today one small church at a time. Many of those small churches are still there today, right where they were first necessary. And they are still necessary today. They are still occupied by Christians who meet on every first day of the week. They gather to give the first of their week to worship He who is to be first in Spirit and in truth. With this book—a compilation of readings, sermons, observations, and an invitation—the Reverend Dr. C. Joseph Fifer (Pastor Joe), who serves a small country church in rural western Ohio, seeks to give voice to the message that millions are now missing.
Sermons to a Country Congregation
Flyover Church
Author: Brad Roth
Publisher: MennoMedia, Inc.
Published: 2024-08-13
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 1513813749
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Christ is present and at work in rural communities. How do we lead from that reality? The temptation to operate from a scarcity mindset is stronger than ever. The tensions unleashed over the past few years—which led to skepticism, breakdowns of trust, declining church attendance, and uncertainty around community ministry—continue to linger in and among our rural churches. Yet God’s loving, redemptive work is happening in all places, no matter how small or far-flung. In Flyover Church, Brad Roth, the author of God’s Country, describes how rural ministry shares soul-deep commonalities with the church in every place. And he speaks a hopeful message into the distinct challenges—and promises—faced by rural communities. Tracing Jesus’ ministry and bountiful work among the small-town people and places in the gospel of Mark, this book offers a vision for ministry tailored to rural settings. Pastors and leaders everywhere will be encouraged to approach ministry from the reality of God’s abundance.
Village Sermons ...
Village Green
Author: Robert Allan Hill
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2011-06-08
Total Pages: 186
ISBN-13: 1610972287
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The three cycles of sermons included here provide a spiritual geography, an announcement of the gospel set in New York State. The sermons were given life in the vibrant life of Asbury First United Methodist Church, Rochester, New York, over several years beginning in 2000. The collection is meant to exemplify a thematic form of preaching that addresses and creates a collective consciousness in the life a community. One series is set on "A Village Green." Another invites those along the Finger Lakes to travel "Once More to the Lake." The third traverses the major cities of the state, and their capacity to become "An Empire of the Spirit." The sermons here try to unfold an interpretation of Scripture by engaging local settings to produce a geography of the Spirit.
