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The
Rural Church in America
Volume
II: The Ministry of the Rural Church
Introduction
Unit
6. Ministry and Pastoral Care in the Rural Church
Introduction
| Rural
Pastoral Ministry |
| Ministry
Among the People of the Land in the '80s |
Darold
Beekmann |
6-1 |
| Reversing
Ministry Recession |
Keith
Wooden |
6-2 |
| Retooling
for Rural Ministry |
Ron
Klassen |
6-3 |
| The
Rural Parish: A Just and Caring Church |
Bernard
Evans |
6-4 |
| Four
Priorities for the Rural Church |
Robert
Greene |
6-5 |
| Mission
Ideas for Rural Congregations |
Joint
Strategy and Action Committee, Inc. |
6-6 |
| Rural
Pastoral Care and Counseling |
| The
Rural Pastor as Counselor |
Wayne
Oates |
6-7 |
| The
Dynamics of Depression in Contemporary Town and Country:
Pastoral Assessment and Response |
Richard
Vangerud |
6-8 |
| Rural
Clergy Have Mixed Feelings on Their Role in Ag Crisis Counseling |
Marcia
Harris |
6-9 |
| Responses
of Urban and Rural Ministers to a Natural Disaster |
Lennis
Etcherling, Cecil Bradfield, and Mary Lou Wylie |
6-10 |
Projects
Readings
Additional
Resources
Unit
7. Ministry to Rural Youth and the Elderly
Introduction
| Ministry
to Rural Youth |
| Impact
of Children's Work on Church Life in Hamlets and Small Villages |
Leslie
Francis and David Dankshear |
7-1 |
| The
Effect of Mainstream Religious Social Controls on Adolescent
Drug Use in Rural Areas |
William
McIntosh, Starla Fitch, Branton Wilson, and Kenneth Nyberg |
7-2 |
| Sex
Education in Rural Churches |
Fred
Isberner, Russell Wright, Paul Sarvela, Debra Braunling-McMorrow |
7-3 |
| Ministry
to Rural Elderly |
| The
Rural Elderly and the Church |
Graham
Rowles |
7-4 |
| How
to Assimilate the Elderly into Your Parish |
Douglas
Fountain |
7-5 |
| The
Role of Churches in the Supports and Contributions of Elderly
Persons |
Marguerite
Samuel and Gregory Sanders |
7-6 |
| Life
Care Ministry: The Church as Part of the Elderly Support
Network |
Jean
Thompson |
7-7 |
| Aging
and the Dimensions of Spiritual Development |
William
Clements |
7-8 |
Projects
Readings
Additional
Resources
Unit
8. Empowering Rural Laity for Ministry
Introduction
| State
of the Church: Why Are Some Rural Churches Thriving and
Others Failing? |
JoAnn
Alumbaugh |
8-1 |
| Religious
Education and Sunday School |
| Churches
and Religious Education |
P.Beatty
and B. Robbins |
8-2 |
| Ministries
with Children in Small Churches |
Pauline Palmer Meek |
8-3 |
| Outreach/Evangelism |
| The
Fragrance of Life |
Kevin
Ruffcorn |
8-4 |
| How
to Grow a Rural Church |
Stephen
McMullin |
8-5 |
| Evangelism
in a Small Town |
Kenneth
Vetters and Cindy Vetters Landing |
8-6 |
| Evangelism
in the Small Church |
Kennedy
Smartt |
8-7 |
| Understanding
Resistance and Receptivity in Rural and Small Town Communities
|
Gary
Exman |
8-8 |
| New
Ways to Measure Growth |
Stephen McMullin |
8-9 |
| Preaching/Worship |
| Preaching
in the Small Church: Serving the Word |
William
Willimon and Robert Wilson |
8-10 |
| The
Praying Church in the Rural Community: Pt. I |
Michael
Kwatera |
8-11 |
| The
Praying Church in the Rural Community: Pt. II |
Michael
Kwatera |
8-12 |
| Weddings
and Funerals |
| Weddings
and Funerals: Crises within the Family |
William
Willimon and Robert Wilson |
8-13 |
Projects
Readings
Additional
Readings
Unit
9. Administration of the Rural Church
Introduction
| Clergy
and Staff |
| The
Feel of Leadership: Understanding and Attitudes for Effective
Leadership in the Small Church |
Anthony
Pappas |
9-1 |
| In
the Pastoral Pastorate |
Stephen
McMullin |
9-2 |
| The
Art of Pastoring a Small Congregation |
Carl
Dudley |
9-3 |
| Out
with Cropduster Preachers, In with Shepherding Pastors |
Gary
Farley |
9-4 |
| Pastoral
Images |
Lewis
Allen |
9-5 |
| Staffing
the Small Church |
Lyle
Schaller |
9-6 |
| Administration
of Activities |
| The
Single-Staff Church and Its Annual Events |
Gary
Farley |
9-7 |
| Effects
of Centralized Control on Local Church Activities |
James
Krile, Randall Cantrell, and George Donohue |
9-8 |
| Rural
Church Finances |
Kent
Hunter |
9-9 |
Projects
Readings
Additional
Readings
Unit
10. Clergy Preparation for Rural Church Ministry and The Future
of the Rural Church
Introduction
| Clergy
Preparation |
| Rural
Ministry: Are Seminaries Paying Attention? |
Stephen
Rhodes |
10-1 |
| U.S.
Agriculture and Rurality: A Changing Dyad Impacting the
Church |
Donoso
Escobar |
10-2 |
| The
Continuous Education of the Minister |
Joseph
Allen |
10-3 |
| Future
of the Rural Church |
| How
to Do Futuring |
| Futuring
in the Church |
| Shifting
into the Future Tense |
Tom
Sine |
10-4 |
| Practically
Speaking |
John
Hall |
10-5 |
| Can
Rural Churches Survive? |
Bernard
Evans |
10-6 |
| Seven
Challenges |
Bernard
Quinn |
10-7 |
| Building
a Faith for the 90s |
Peter
Benson |
10-8 |
| The
Ultimate Church |
Tom
Raabe |
10-9 |
| Potential
Future for Rural Churches |
David
Ruesink |
10-10 |
Projects
Readings
Additional
Readings
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