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Emily Fox

Partnering for Rural Ministry: The CRM’s College and University Partnerships

The Center for Rural Ministry at Grove City College is partnering with other Christian colleges and universities to help rural pastors and congregations thrive.
January 20, 2026
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Andrew C. Baker

The New American Small Town: A Review

Can we argue for the vitality of small towns without leaving the rural areas that surround them behind?
January 13, 2026
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Adam Loretto, Lifeway Research

Leadership Development in a Rural Church

All churches need people to step into leadership positions. How can a pastor identify and develop these leaders?
January 8, 2026
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Charles E. Cotherman

Painted Purple: Advent, the Incarnation, and a New Way to Be Human

This Advent God spoke to me not just through the texts I preached and prayers I prayed. He also spoke through something I hadn’t anticipated—the color purple.
December 19, 2025
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Charles E. Cotherman

Rural Population Change, the Paradox of Success, & Emerging Demographic Realities: A Review of Tim Slack and Shannon Monnat’s “Rural and Small-Town America” (Part II)

Slack and Monnat's book provides a helpful overview of long-term trends and emerging realities in rural and small-town America.
November 17, 2025
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Eric Fehr

Connecting International Students to Rural Church Hospitality this Thanksgiving

Holidays provide churches and individuals who live near college campuses with opportunities to extend hospitality to international students.
November 10, 2025
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Charles E. Cotherman

What Is Rurality? A Review of Tim Slack and Shannon Monnat’s Book, Rural and Small-Town America (Part I)

It's common for folks to talk and write about "rural America" or the "rural-urban divide" without offering a clear description of rurality itself.
November 7, 2025
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Emily Fox

Meet the Center for Rural Ministry Student Fellows

The CRM's four student fellows are a talented and energized team whose work is already making a difference on campus and beyond.
October 31, 2025
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Emily Fox

2025 Center for Rural Ministry Annual Conference Recap

It's been about a month since we welcomed nearly one hundred pastors and lay leaders to Grove City College for our 2025 annual conference. Here's a recap.
October 2, 2025
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Emily Fox

The Garage: How One Small Church Is Repairing Cars & Building Community

CRM student fellow Emily Fox showed up at a local church's car-repair ministry expecting to learn about filmmaking. What she got instead was a glimpse of community.
September 15, 2025
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Garrett Heath · CRM Videos

The Garage

"The Garage" is a ministry of Living Faith Church in Fombell, PA. They seek to provide affordable or free automobile repair services to individuals in their community who are in need. Hear Pastor Mark …
September 6, 2025
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Michael Houle

Engaging the Community: How a Church Fire Refined a Small-Town Pastor’s Vision

In May 2025, Valley Vineyard Church in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin burned down. It proved to be a refining moment pastor Michael Houle.
September 2, 2025
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