Corey continues discussing the 4 P’s of Revitalizing Rural Churches from the book “Replanting Rural Churches” by Matt Henslee & Kyle Bueermann.

In this episode the topic is PASSION.

4 Practical Points for passion in the rural church:

1. Birthday’s, y’all.

2. Widows & Widowers

3. Smile!

4. Mingle. Mingle. Mingle.

4 Keys to prayer in a revitalizing church:

1. Pray through your member role.

2. Gather together for prayer.

3. Pray through scripture.

4. Incorporate meaningful prayer in your worship.

In today’s episode Corey talks about the first “P” in revitalizing the local church according to the book “Replanting the Rural Church” by Matt Henslee & Kyle Bueermann.

The first “P” is Preaching.

Three Practical Points for Preaching in a Rural Church:

1. Get up early.

2. Read your passage 1 million times.

3. Know your context and your people.

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Dusty is the Youth/Children’s Pastor at South Louisville Baptist Church in Louisville, MS. We talk about youth ministry in 2025, when should a pastor know the pay package in the interview process, and balancing youth ministry and family.

Trent Judon gives his perspective on pastoring in the Bible Belt. Is it easy? Is it what you think it is? Listen and find out!

In today’s episode I got to sit down with Andrew Hanna. He pastors at Harvest Church in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Andrew and I discussed God’s call on his life to ministry and to plant a church in New Orleans. We also discussed the difficulties and joys of pastoring in a setting like New Orleans.

If you would like to give to Harvest Church’s building fund you do so at this link and select the “Building Fund” option:

https://onrealm.org/HarvestChurchNOLA/-/form/give/now

In this episode I interview Josh Meadows. He currently pastors at The Way Community Church in Louisville, MS. We discuss how God is currently moving and working at The Way, challenges in the church, sermon preparation, balancing ministry and family, and more.