The Emerging American Picture And Its Rural Component: "When the full impact of the Information Age arrives in rural America, many different kinds of community configurations may attend it. For many rural clergy persons this presents a threefold challenge
Minister to those hurt by the changes in agriculture and commerce in rural communities
Refocus the work of the church from a 6-mile to a 30-mile field
Provide prophetic leadership as his/her new community deals with the realities of the Information Age and its pressure upon 'community' life.
(Note for example the implications of The Popcorn Report and its 'cocooning' concept for how you do churches) Also read Leonard Sweet's Faithquakes."
Minister to those hurt by the changes in agriculture and commerce in rural communities
Refocus the work of the church from a 6-mile to a 30-mile field
Provide prophetic leadership as his/her new community deals with the realities of the Information Age and its pressure upon 'community' life.
(Note for example the implications of The Popcorn Report and its 'cocooning' concept for how you do churches) Also read Leonard Sweet's Faithquakes."
