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Small Town and Rural Ministry: Some Library Resources

Finding Library Books on Small Town/Rural Ministry

Not sure where to begin finding resources? See our user-friendly Library Tutorials here

Consider some of these topics as sample search terms in our online catalog:

  • church planting in rural settings
  • lay ministry in rural missions
  • Lutheran church planting in rural America
  • personality of the pastor in rural communities
  • unique challenges of the small church
  • administrative skills for small churches

 

Using the ATLA Religion Database to find Journal Articles on STaR Ministry

For a brief intro to using the ATLA database, see our Library Tutorials webpage or this link

As an example of an easy search using ATLA, see the following PDF--over 70 full-text articles on the subject of "rural ministry":

Also try these LS Databases to expand your search

RM4510: Exploring Small Town and Rural (STaR) Ministry: Course Materials
Other Online Resources:

 

Select Rural Ministry Books available by Interlibrary Loan : just ask us to request them for you!

Rural Church Turnaround: Real life experiences of rural pastors, by D. Davis (2020)

Sea Change: Equipping Rural Churches for the Tides of Cultural Upheaval, by J.Davis (2021)

God's country: faith, hope, and the future of the rural church, by Roth (2017)

Mission shaped and rural: growing churches in the countryside, by S. Glaze (2011)

 

Sampling of LS Library Books on Small Town & Rural Ministry

Subjects: Rural Ministry