The Church and Rural Community Living in the South
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 26,57 MB
Release : 1947
Category : Church and social problems
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Historic Rural Churches of Georgia
Author : Sonny Seals
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 28,4 MB
Release : 2016
Category : Church buildings
ISBN : 9780820349350
Book Description
Forty-seven early houses of worship from all areas of the state. Nearly three hundred stunning color photographs capture the simple elegance of these sanctuaries and their surrounding grounds and cemeteries.
Rural Community Organization
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Page : 52 pages
File Size : 15,46 MB
Release : 1949
Category : Community organization
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Miscellaneous Publication
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Page : 132 pages
File Size : 47,48 MB
Release : 1956
Category : Agriculture
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The Drama of a Rural Community's Life Cycle
Author : S. Roy Kaufman
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 39,36 MB
Release : 2020-09-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1725269899
Book Description
Rural communities depend on the health of the agrarian cultures that compose them. These cultures grow out of the symbiotic relationship between a particular landscape and the human community that lives on and uses the land. Agrarian cultures had their origin in the development of agriculture and gave birth to the civilizations and empires of history. Based on the exercise of hierarchical power characteristic of their nature, empires and civilizations are always a threat to the welfare of their agrarian cultures, that by nature tend to be local, relational, reciprocal, and ecological. This is the story of the three Anabaptist agrarian cultures—Swiss German, Low German, and Hutterian—of the Freeman, South Dakota, rural community, and their sojourn within the empires of civilization through the centuries. More specifically, this is the story of their birth, growth, maturation, and death (or rebirth?) in the particular landscape of the Great Plains to which they came from Russia in the 1870s. Here we see the agrarian cultures’ struggle to adapt to the new environment of the Great Plains and to maintain their unique identity while living within American society. This is the drama of a rural community’s life cycle!
Transforming Church in Rural America
Author : Shannon O'Dell
Publisher : New Leaf Publishing Group
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 24,86 MB
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1614582130
Book Description
"No matter what size church you are a part of, this book will challenge your traditional thinking, force you to look beyond the status quo, and enable you to grasp a bigger vision of what God has in store for your ministry and your leadership." -Ed Young, Fellowship Church "Shannon O'Dell's passion for the rural church in America is contagious" -Craig Groeschel, LifeChurch.tv Small church buildings dotting the countryside are home to ministries that often struggle with limited attendance, no money, and little expectation that change can revitalize their future. In Transforming Church in Rural America, Pastor Shannon O'Dell shares a powerful vision of relevance, possibility, and excellence for these small churches, or for any ministry that is stuck in a "rural state of mind." The book reveals: how to generate growth through transformed lives ways to create active evangelism in your community no-cost solutions for staffing challenges, enhancing the worship experience, and inspiring volunteers Focusing on vision, attitude, leadership, and innovation, you can learn the practical strategies and biblical guidance that helped to grow a church of 31 into a multi-campus church of several thousand, with a national and global outreach. Discover effective structure and ways to cast God-given vision so others can follow and make an impact. Experience the blueprint for transforming into effective, dynamic, and thriving churches no matter where the location or how small it may be. MORE INFO
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Author : National Agricultural Library (U.S.)
Publisher :
Page : 1338 pages
File Size : 27,58 MB
Release : 1948
Category : Agriculture
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African American Life in the Rural South, 1900-1950
Author : R. Douglas Hurt
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 19,52 MB
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 0826219608
Book Description
During the first half of the twentieth century, degradation, poverty, and hopelessness were commonplace for African Americans who lived in the South's countryside, either on farms or in rural communities. Many southern blacks sought relief from these conditions by migrating to urban centers. Many others, however, continued to live in rural areas. Scholars of African American rural history in the South have been concerned primarily with the experience of blacks as sharecroppers, tenant farmers, textile workers, and miners. Less attention has been given to other aspects of the rural African American experience during the early twentieth century. African American Life in the Rural South, 1900-1950 provides important new information about African American culture, social life, and religion, as well as economics, federal policy, migration, and civil rights. The essays particularly emphasize the efforts of African Americans to negotiate the white world in the southern countryside. Filling a void in southern studies, this outstanding collection provides a substantive overview of the subject. Scholars, students, and teachers of African American, southern, agricultural, and rural history will find this work invaluable.
Reclaiming Rural
Author : Allen T. Stanton
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 137 pages
File Size : 23,50 MB
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1538135256
Book Description
As rural America continues to undergo massive economic and demographic shifts, rural churches are uniquely positioned to provide community leadership. Leading a rural congregation requires a deeper understanding of the challenges and opportunities facing these communities, as well as a strong theological and community-focused identity. Allen T. Stanton describes how in establishing this identity, rural leaders build a meaningful and vital ministry. Reclaiming Rural explores the myths and realities of rural places, and how those common narratives impact the leadership of rural churches. Ultimately, rural congregations must practice a contextual understanding of vitality, which understands both the strengths and challenges of leading in a rural setting. Arguing for a practice of evangelism imbued with this mission of vitality, Reclaiming Rural promotes the church as a leader in economic and community development, modeled upon a Wesleyan theology of grace. Acknowledging the many challenges facing rural churches, this book is an energetic and encouraging guide to overcoming social and economic obstacles to build a thriving congregation.
Rural Racism
Author : Neil Chakraborti
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 24,73 MB
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1134022824
Book Description
Rural issues are currently attracting unprecedented levels of interest, with the debates surrounding the future of 'traditional' rural customs and practice becoming a significant political concern. However, the problem of racism in rural areas has been largely overlooked by academics, practitioners and researchers who have sought almost exclusively to develop an understanding of racism in urban contexts. This book aims to address this oversight by examining notions of ethnic identity, 'otherness' and racist victimisation that have tended to be marginalised from traditional rural discourse.
