Websites For Small Churches

1. Center for Rural Church Leadership--resources for rural churches to help us become more healthy, faithful, effective, efficient, and loving. Web site:

www.reorf.ohiou.edu/~xx042/r_ctr/r_ctr.html

Has lots of articles and links.

2. Rural Social Science Education--Engaging Leaders in Community Learning--developed to help rural community leaders become more effective at what they do. Web--some of the site is old but has some resources. Web site: www.ndsu.nodak.edu/rsse/index.html

3. Small Membership Church--United Methodist Site--has various topics of interest to small membership churches. Web site: www.gbod.org/membership/

4. Hinton Rural Life Center--Part of the Southeastern Jurisdiction of the United Methodist Church--Mission is to be an avocate for small membership churches and a place of growth and renewal. Has many programs it offers including a Spiritual Formation Program for Rural Pastors. Web site: www.hintoncenter.org

5. CHASSIE--Church and Social Science Information Exchange Host Site and Links For Rural Ministry--Is a cooperative effort by a number of groups who are interested in issures related to Rural Ministry. Lots of Links to great information. Web site: www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx042/homepage.html

6. United Methodist Rural Fellowship--has good information and listings of all the United Methodist Rural Life Centers in US. Web site: www.seorf.ohiou.edu/~xx042/hide/urmf.html

7. MSR--Center for Rural Ministry--geared to Central Missouri but has good information and links.  Web site: www.msr-crm.org

8. Chandler School of Theology has a website that provides many resources for leadership, learning, and reflection. Web site: www.christianleaders.org.