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House for Sale!

Whether in everyday life or in ministry, sometimes a change of perspective can help us remember how blessed we truly are.

October 21, 2024

Anthony Caiola

Good Systems Can Help Rural Churches Thrive

Healthy church systems aren't just for large churches. Well planned systems can help smaller churches empower volunteers for ministry.

October 7, 2024

Emily Fox

Thriving in Ministry Conference Recap

Did you miss our 2024 annual conference? Check out this recap by CRM writing intern Emily Fox and mark your calendars for next year.

September 26, 2024

Adam Loretto

Church Work

How can we engage the work of leading local congregations in ways that build reproducible structures while accounting for unique local contexts?

September 16, 2024

Charles E. Cotherman

Flyover Church: A Review of Brad Roth’s Latest Volume on Rural Ministry

A review of Brad Roth's new book, "Flyover Church: How Jesus' Ministry in Rural Places is Good News Everywhere."

September 4, 2024

Charles E. Cotherman, Bill Sukolsky

New Pastor Affinity Group to Launch this Fall at Grove City College

Applications are now being accepted for a new affinity group for pastors who serve rural and small-town congregations across the region.

August 20, 2024

Charles Cotherman, Outreach Magazine

Learning to See: The Power of Attentiveness

If you are serving in an out-of-the-way place or a place that seems “bleared, smeared” and potentially broken beyond repair, you may not be able to reverse your town’s infrastructural collapse, brain drain or …

August 20, 2024

TJ Freeman

God Wants to be Glorified in the Middle of Nowhere…Through You!

How should a Biblical understanding of rural places change the way we value communities the world shrugs off as useless?

July 2, 2024

Charles E. Cotherman

Can I Get a Witness? Telling the Story of God’s Work in Our Midst

God invites each of us to bear witness to His work in our lives and communities.

June 26, 2024

Emma Ruby Zannis

Student Testimonial: Emma Ruby Zannis ’24

For recent graduate Emma Ruby Zannis, the Center for Rural Ministry provided an opportunity to better understand and appreciate small places and the churches that serve them.

June 12, 2024

Charles E. Cotherman, Front Porch Republic

Pentecost and AI: Being Human in a World of Disabling Algorithms

The empowering presence of God offers a path between the anachronistic hope of self-reliance in some pre-technological golden age while also providing an alternative to the anxiety that AI developers believe their apps will …

June 7, 2024

Matthew Geary

Communities that Care: How One Church Discovered a Path to Community Partnerships

Assistant Pastor Matthew Geary worked hard to develop outward facing ministries at his church. When his efforts came up short, he discovered that God had already laid the groundwork for something different.

May 28, 2024

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(724) 458-3897
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