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Monthly Archives: March 2012

Looking for a few good men…

March 27, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR)  Rural America needs movement leaders in the same way as metropolitan America. …

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A dangerous assumption about rural America…

March 22, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR)  For many in the church, there is an assumption that rural America …

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3 Reasons rural America needs NEW churches…

March 20, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR)  1. NEW disciples assumes NEW churches. The mandate to “make disciples (Matt. …

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AK-47s and Jesus…

March 14, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR) I debated as to whether or not to post this pic on …

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“10 Things to Know about Planting a Church in the [Rural] Context”

March 7, 2012

I recently read a post on The Resurgence by Jerome Gay Jr. entitled, “10 Things to Know about Planting a …

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Rural legends…

March 6, 2012

By Patrick Bowler Valley Life Church (Lebanon, OR)  There is a modern form of folklore better known as “urban legends.” …

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NEW BOOK: “Rural Church Planting” (Coming soon…)

March 1, 2012

One of the motivators behind this blog site is the extreme lack of resources available on the topic of rural …

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