The Art of Rural Leadership: Rural Ministry Leadership: Online Resources & Articles

Select Websites Offering Rural Ministry Resources:

• The Rural Church Network
• SmallTown Churches Network
• Rural Home Missionary Association
• 5 Things I Love About Rural Ministry
• Small Town Pastors

• New Typology Defines Rural by Community Assets, not Deficits | The Daily Yonder 

• Reenvisioning Rural America 

• Association of Religion Data Archives  (ARDA) Community Profile Builder | US Religion 

• The State of Rural 2024  - Report by the Center for Rural Policy and Development

• Forgiveness and Worship in Rural Communities - Faith+Lead 

• Rural Innovation Looks Like - Faith+Lead 

• Soar Strategy web resource by Jacqueline Stavros and Gina Hinrichs

• The Joys and Pitfalls of Being a Lay Preacher - Faith+Lead 

• The FaithX Project from the Barna Research Group. This is a site with multiple groups research which is not rural focused but fascinating to think into about STaR folks.
• Also, try searching the free "Internet Archive"-- a vast array of resources, including thousands of 'hits' on 'rural ministry' for example

Select Online Articles about Rural Ministry:

• "Pastors, Burnout, and Sabbaticals" : 2024 Blog from ChurchAndMentalHealth.com
• "Re-Discovering Hope" by Jon Anderson
• "Beyond the Myth of Rural America", by Daniel Immerwahr

• "Sustainable Small Town and Rural Ministry," by Jon Anderson

• "Leading Change in Rural and Small Town Communities", by Jon Anderson