Co-pastoring as a Married Couple: Mike and Jen Haddox Share Their Story
Mikayla Gainor
Have you ever thought about co-pastoring with your spouse? For Mike and Jen, saying “yes” to this question has blessed their church and family.
Rural Ministry Connections
Rural Ministry Connections is the blog of the Project on Rural Ministry at Grove City College.
As its name implies, this forum is dedicated to connecting pastors, individuals, and organizations who care about the flourishing of rural pastors and churches to resources, ideas, and a larger community who share this common interest. At the PRM, we care about rural pastors. That’s why we are dedicated to fostering rural ministry connections that can resource rural pastors, amply their voices, and help them thrive along with the congregations and communities they serve. Thanks for joining the conversation!
The Local Ministerium–Meeting Needs or Just Another Meeting?
Charlie Cotherman
When pastors make building relationships with other pastors a priority, their efforts benefit the entire community.
Students Serve Alongside Pastors in West Virginia
Mikayla Gainor
The PRM’s second student-led trip worked and learned alongside pastors and congregations in rural West Virginia.
Students Learn from Local Pastors
Mikayla Gainor
For a group of Grove City College students, serving alongside rural pastors and their congregations proved to be a formative experience.
Grove City College Students Serve Rural Churches
Mikayla Gainor
For a second straight year Grove City College students are spending spring break serving and learning with rural and rust belt congregations.
Ordinary Time: Reflections on Life and Ministry within the Limitations of Time
Charlie Cotherman
Cultivating an understanding of time rooted in Scripture and the history of the church can help us flourish even in life’s ordinary moments.
The Badlands: Finding Life During Difficult Seasons
Nick Marlatt
How can we find life in the midst of difficult seasons of ministry? For one pastor, the answer involved rediscovering a few simple practices.
Introducing the Vitality Threshold
Dennis E. Bills
The vitality threshold presents small churches with a difficult paradox–churches grow best above the vitality threshold, but to break the vitality threshold, churches must first grow.
Guiding Churches Through Transition
Grace Leone
Pastor Jason Schepp works with rural churches in his region as they weigh the need for revitalization, transition, or closure.
What the Census Numbers Mean for Rural Communities and Churches
Grace Leone
The 2020 US Census drew attention to a growing rural exodus. What might these trends mean for rural communities and churches?
When the Tailwind Is Gone: What the Past Eighteen Months Have Taught Me About Ministry
Charlie Cotherman
The last eighteen months have been challenging for pastors and their congregations. Is there anything we can learn from it all?
On Being Sheep before Shepherds: Reflecting on Forty Years of Ministry
Bill Sukolsky
Pastor Bill Sukolsky offers some reflections for other pastors based on what God has taught him during forty years of rural ministry.
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Project on Rural Ministry
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Grove City, PA 16127
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Project on Rural Ministry
100 Campus Drive, Box 3042
Grove City, PA 16127
(724) 458-3897
office@ruralministry.org
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Grove City, PA 16127
(724) 458-3897
office@ruralministry.org
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