10 Lessons Learned from Planting Churches in Rural America

About this episode

The episode discusses lessons learned from church planting efforts in rural America, featuring insights from various pastors.

Host: Jordan Elder, Redeemer Network President Guests: Jeremy Buck, Lead Pastor, Redeemer Pampa & Patrick Bowler, Lead Pastor, Valley Life Church The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples of God's work through our church planting, replanting, and revitalization efforts in Texas and beyond. Show Notes: Rural Collective: https://practi...

People in this episode

Host: Jordan Elder

Guests: Jeremy Buck, Patrick Bowler

Topics covered

• church planting
• rural America
• Christian leadership
• spiritual stories
• community revitalization

Keywords

• church planting
• rural America
• Christianity
• spirituality
• leadership
• community
• revitalization

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Redeemer Network, Redeemer Pampa, Valley Life Church

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