Rural Pastors Talk

In this episode we...

• let you know we'll be back next week, Lord willing!

Upcoming Events

• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

In this episode we...

• discuss further education and the rural pastor.
  • Should rural pastors pursue more education as they serve?
    • 1 Timothy 4:11-16
    • Proverbs 1:5
    • Colossians 3:17
  • How can we do this with such busy schedules?
    • Read!
    • Workshops!
    • Seminary!

Upcoming Events

• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

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 Events

• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

In 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.com
• Check 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 Events

• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

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!

Upcoming Events

• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

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 Events

• TGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb8
• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

In this episode we...

• discuss ChatGPT and what applications or drawbacks it may have in rural ministry.

Upcoming Events

• TGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb8
• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

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 = Rest
    • Week 2 = Catch up at home or Church
    • *Visit other churches

Upcoming Events

• TGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb8
• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

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 7
  • How can we raise our ebenezers?
    • Repent from all your own idolatry and busyness
    • Cry out for God’s Help
    • Remember the victories God has already won and trust Him

Our Quote of the Day:

• Moses spent forty years thinking he was somebody, forty years learning he was nobody, and forty years discovering what God can do with a nobody. - DL Moody 
• TGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb8
• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o

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 11:27-30
  • Romans 15:25-27
  • Romans 16:1-2
  • Colossians 4:7-9
  • 1 Corinthians 16:19

Our Quote of the Day:

•  A kingdom partnership is a gospel-driven relationship between interdependent local churches that pray, work, and share resources together strategically to glorify God through kingdom-advancing goals they could not accomplish alone. - Chris Bruno & Matt Dirks "Churches Partnering Together"
• TGC Gathering at First Southern Baptist: https://fb.me/e/3qBOjuFb8
• 9Marks 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=IwAR3MA7JIt4z6vdh3nYopBvrQng7dQyu1Qu8EjDbbAcmGTOtPNKT8PLXOu7o