Reclaiming Rural: Building Thriving Rural Congregations

Allen T. Stanton

doi:10.5771/9781538135259

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Copyright Year: 2021
ISBN-Print: 978-1-5381-3523-5
ISBN-Online: 978-1-5381-3525-9
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language: English
Pages: 122
Product Type: Monograph

1. Contents No access
2. Acknowledgments No access
3. Introduction No access
1. What Is Rural? No access
2. Agrarian Paradise No access
3. Rural Decay No access
4. Coexisting Narratives No access
5. Rural Reckoning No access
6. Notes No access
1. Overcoming the Rural Chaplaincy No access
2. Resisting Decline No access
3. The Context of Vitality No access
4. Rural Divergence No access
5. Resetting Accountability No access
6. The Unique Assets of the Rural Church No access
7. Indicators of a Thriving Rural Congregation No access
8. Meaningful Ministry No access
9. Notes No access
1. The Framework of Evangelism No access
2. What Evangelism Is Not No access
3. What Evangelism Is No access
4. Community Development As Evangelism No access
5. Recognizing the Kingdom of God No access
6. Cultivating the Kingdom of God No access
7. Announcing the Kingdom of God No access
8. Inviting the Community to Participate in God’s Kingdom No access
9. Transforming Evangelism No access
10. Notes No access
1. Charity versus Justice No access
2. Being with or Doing For? No access
3. Theology and Practice No access
4. Navigating Tensions No access
5. Notes No access
1. Building Skills, Building Disciples No access
2. Recovering from the Floods No access
3. Growing a Community No access
4. Reclaiming Community No access
5. Notes No access
1. Recruiting Pastors No access
2. Shaping the Narrative No access
3. New Models of Rural Ministry No access
4. Creating Accountability No access
5. The Future of the Rural Church No access
6. Notes No access
Bibliography No access Pages 115 - 118
Index No access Pages 119 - 120
About the Author No access Pages 121 - 122