A companion volume to "Rural Revival: Growing Churches in Shrinking Communities," this book is designed to help you, the rural pastor, improve your prayer life and your preaching, grow your church, and deal with the day-to-day opportunities and problems that you will ultimately face.
A companion volume to "Rural Revival: Growing Churches in Shrinking Communities," this book is designed to help you, the rural pastor, improve your pr...
From time to time God crosses our paths with a book or message we recognize as being uniquely from Him. As I read Dr. Moore's book "Exit Wounds," I had a strong sense of God's special blessing and guidance upon this work. As one who has done ministry, research and writing in the area of pastor-church relationships, I believe Scott Moore's book is unique and desperately needed. It is one of those rare books that speaks equally to layman and ministers alike. With a compelling narrative style of writing, readers are exposed to urgently needed truths in ways that speak deeply to their hearts. In...
From time to time God crosses our paths with a book or message we recognize as being uniquely from Him. As I read Dr. Moore's book "Exit Wounds," I ha...
NOTE: THIS IS THE OLDER VERSION OF A BOOK THAT HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED WITH A DIFFERENT COVER AND TITLE ("The Greatest Rural Church in America: How One Man's Vision Became an Amazing Reality"). Jackie Shelton served for 24 years as the pastor of the Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Moulton, Alabama, the "Greatest Rural Church in America." Starting with around 150 people in attendance and an annual offering of $60,000 in 1980, the church grew, under Bro. Jackie's leadership, to a weekly attendance of nearly 1,000 and total receipts of $925,766 in 2004. During two of those 24 years, annual...
NOTE: THIS IS THE OLDER VERSION OF A BOOK THAT HAS NOW BEEN RELEASED WITH A DIFFERENT COVER AND TITLE ("The Greatest Rural Church in America: How One ...
Your rural church is special. It is different. Your church has its own particular traditions and its own distinctive personality. All rural churches, however, will have one important element in common: they will all eventually need to deal with one or more of these five common ailments: Prayerlessness Lack of Biblical Preaching One-size-fits-all Stagnation Tolerance toward Sin This book will equip you, the concerned pastor, lay leader, or church member to diagnose and treat these ailments."
Your rural church is special. It is different. Your church has its own particular traditions and its own distinctive personality. All rural churches, ...
The title of this book really is quite innocent. You see, a sexagenarian is simply "a person whose age is in the sixties." In other words, someone who is between 60 and 69 years of age. This book primarily focuses on the interests and needs of two main audiences: 1.Sexagenarians that are interested in remaining in, or reentering, the workforce. 2.Employers that desire to tap into a goldmine of potential by adding members of this prestigious group of experienced workers to their business and organizational teams.
The title of this book really is quite innocent. You see, a sexagenarian is simply "a person whose age is in the sixties." In other words, someone who...
