by Luke Geraty | Mar 1, 2013 | Posts
I did my final MDiv Practical Theology project on rural church ministry. This is back when the whole “Emerging Church” thing was going on, so I basically took a lot of the ideas floating around and tried to contextualize it and reflect upon it with a small...
by Luke Geraty | Sep 15, 2012 | Posts
I’m fortunate to pastor in a rural church that has a really great building (and it’s paid off baby!!!) Okay, sorry. I was getting a little excited there. But along with a nice building, there is a really nice sized office with the title...
by Luke Geraty | Sep 4, 2012 | Posts
One of the questions raised in the comment section of Able’s infamous blog on the 11 mental, emotional, & spiritual challenges unique to rural pastors was a question: “So what advice would you give to someone contemplating leaving a suburban ministry...
by Luke Geraty | Aug 29, 2012 | Posts
Being a leader can be really disheartening. The amount of slander and criticism that pastors go through has caused thousands of early retirements, I’m sure. Bearing the brunt of people’s focused aggression when you are doing your best to serve God and love...
by Luke Geraty | Aug 16, 2012 | Posts
A few days ago I found out another church had been planted in the local “big city.” Yes, I say another in mild sarcasm. But in this city of approximately 66,000 people, there are churches everywhere. I just typed in the name of the city and...
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