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Strength and Creativity in the Rural Church with John Crowder

Strength and Creativity in the Rural Church with John Crowder

Update: 2025-09-22
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What makes a rural church thrive in the face of challenges? In this conversation, we explore the strengths, creativity, and opportunities that rural churches carry into their communities—and how they can lean on faith to navigate the obstacles before them.


Our guest is John Crowder, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in West, Texas, and author of the newly released Anchor Point: How to Lead with Faith, Find Strength, and Rebuild with Hope After Crisis. John shares his own story of faith—growing up, sensing God’s call to ministry, and eventually being called west to shepherd a rural congregation.



Dr. John Crowder (DMin) is the Sr. Pastor of First Baptist Church of West, TX, where he has served for over thirty years. John helped his community recover after a massive explosion in 2013. Since then, he has spent a great deal of time studying disaster recovery. He has led multiple training sessions for pastors and has spoken on the subject many times in churches and civic organizations and wrote Anchor Point after a culmination of over a decade of experience, study, and working with others going through disaster recovery.



Related Resources:

Anchor Point: How To Lead with Faith, Find Strength, and Rebuild with Hope After Crisis

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Strength and Creativity in the Rural Church with John Crowder

Strength and Creativity in the Rural Church with John Crowder

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