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Rural pastors helping rural pastors think biblically about the local church.
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In this episode we...discuss pitfalls in choosing what we are going to preach and a better way forward. How are you tempted to preach something other than the text?How can you effectively P.L.A.N. your sermons?Pulse of your congregationLook to the ScriptureAssess what the congregation needsNavigate faithfullyCONTACT Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741 Email: ruralpastorstalk@gmail.com Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...
In this episode we...discuss the target we’re shooting for in our preaching.What are some pitfalls we can fall into in our preaching?What should our target be?CONTACT Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741 Email: ruralpastorstalk@gmail.com Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ruralpastors Twitter: @ruralpastorsLISTEN Itunes Spotify
In this episode we...discuss the importance of personal worship for the health and longevity of the pastor.Why do you read the Word? Is it to spend time with Jesus? Or get ministry done?Why do you pray? Is it for what you can get from God? Or to depend on Him more?May we be pastors who pursue our God with joy!CONTACT Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741 Email: ruralpastorstalk@gmail.com Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/grou...
In this episode we...discuss applying and communicating the word to yourself and your congregation.Are you applying the Word to yourself?How are you communicating the Word to your congregation?Our promised photos: https://www.facebook.com/ruralpastorstalkUpcoming Events9Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fbclid=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8P...
In this episode we...discuss whether your rural church should have a mission statement.Should our mission be any more than the great commission?Upcoming Events9Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fbclid=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7oCONTACT Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741 Email: ruralpastorstalk@gmail.com Website: http://rura...
In this episode we...let you know we'll be back next week, Lord willing!Upcoming Events9Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fbclid=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7oCONTACT Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741 Email: ruralpastorstalk@gmail.com Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: https://www.facebook...
In this episode we...discuss further education and the rural pastor.Should rural pastors pursue more education as they serve?1 Timothy 4:11-16Proverbs 1:5Colossians 3:17How can we do this with such busy schedules?Read!Workshops!Seminary!Upcoming Events9Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fbclid=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7oCONTACT Call...
In this episode we...discuss the pastor's role in shepherding the flock through counseling.Should the pastor be doing the counseling?What should the pastor do when 1 on 1 counseling dominates ministering to the whole church?Are you equipping the saints for the work of ministry in counseling?Upcoming Events9Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fbclid=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3...
1In this episode we...interview pastor Andy Addis on weekly pastoral rhythms and rest.What do your pastoral rhythms look like?Are you finding rest, or are you getting burned out?At what cost to you and your family is your current ministry?Find out more about Andy at his personal website: andyaddis.comCheck out Andy's rural pastor's podcast here: https://theruralpastor.com/Check out Andy's book Rhythms here: https://express.adobe.com/page/k3K6aZlOQhUwU/Upcoming Events9Marks Workshop at Wellsbor...
In this episode we...share reliable ways to engage your congregation on Sunday morning without turning to gimmicks.Do you think your church service is effective?Do you think your people think the church service is effective?We need to think carefully as shepherds how we do everything in our Lord's Day gathering from announcements to song selection to preaching. We want to better engage our congregation that they might look more like Christ and be more faithful disciples who glorify God!Upcomi...
In this episode we...discuss how you can teach your congregation to obey all that Christ's commands using a tool that you might not expect. Can Sunday School be redeemed without adding more work to your plate?Upcoming EventsTGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb89Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fbclid=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Q...
In this episode we...discuss ChatGPT and what applications or drawbacks it may have in rural ministry.Upcoming EventsTGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb89Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fbclid=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7oCONTACT Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741 Email: ruralpastorstalk@gmail....
In this episode we...give you a realistic pathway to find rest and refreshment without hurting the church or piling on more work SO you can be more effective in the long haul.Plan:Week 1 = RestWeek 2 = Catch up at home or Church*Visit other churchesUpcoming EventsTGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb89Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fb...
In this episode we discuss...encouragement for rural pastors to lead them to personal repentance, to cast aside idols of their own heart, and to a single minded devotion to trust in the Lord for all the victories He gives. To give them a rallying cry that they can remember.Come Thou Founts most obscure lyric helps us dearly!1 Samuel 7How can we raise our ebenezers?Repent from all your own idolatry and busynessCry out for God’s HelpRemember the victories God has already won and trust HimOur Qu...
In this episode we discuss...the need to get more accustomed to picking up the binoculars to see the needs of the churches around us…in places people don’t normally look.The church normally looks with 2 lenses:Reading glasses up close (our own congregation)A telescope (foreign/overseas missions)We need a third lense:Binoculars in the towns and counties around us.Acts 11:27-30Romans 15:25-27Romans 16:1-2Colossians 4:7-91 Corinthians 16:19Our Quote of the Day: A kingdom partnership is a go...
In this episode we discuss...the unhealthy culture of rugged individualism.An Unhealthy Culture of Rugged Individualism is dangerously nominal.An Unhealthy Culture of Rugged Individualism is immature and selfish.Proverbs 18:1Ephesians 5:7-14Proverbs 28:131 John 1:5-10Our Quote of the Day:The confessing of sins to each other is not only commanded, but it is also a means of comfort and a help to the conscience. For when we lay bare our conscience before another and receive from him the assuranc...
In this episode we discuss...helping rural elders & deacons support each other by laying aside their own feelings in favor of the decision of the plurality.How you react after the vote is cast matters more than you think.Don't give into temptation to complain and dishonor the brothers you're serving with.Instead respond humbly, and walk through theological and practical differences with grace.Our Quote of the Day:Come to the expository work shop in Williampsort PA on April 27 and come to ...
In this episode we...Ask for rural pastors to help us think through what might be good for them. TGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb89Marks Workshop at Wellsboro Bible Church: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fulfill-your-ministry-a-9-marks-workshop-for-pastors-and-church-leaders-tickets-546364219087?fbclid=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7oOur Quote of the Day:The Lord measures out perfection neither by the multitude nor the magnitude...
In this episode we discuss...helping rural pastors see that faithfulness to God is of primary importance. You were not hired to grow a church! Healthy does not necessarily mean growing.Do all healthy churches grow?1 Corinthians 3:5-15What should we pursue instead?1 Corinthians 3:10-11How will you be judged?1 Peter 5:1-42 Timothy 4:1-5Hebrews 13:17Check out this article from Mark Dever on Church Growth.Our Quote of the Day:It is not what we do that matters, but what a sovereign God choos...
In this episode we discuss...employing the gifts of the entire body instead of relying too much on the pastor.Romans 12:3–8Ephesians 4:4–16Our Quote of the Day:(God) would never give you so much of the world to lose your heart in the love of it, or so little to distract you with the care of it. - John Flavel, The Mystery of ProvidenceCONTACT Call and leave a message at (570) 724-3741 Email: ruralpastorstalk@gmail.com Website: http://ruralpastorstalk.buzzsprout.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Facebook: http...
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