Transforming Church in Rural America (TCiRA) hit a topic that I haven’t really seen approached before. The rural church. I’ve been working in rural churches for over 10 years, and their is usually a stigma in the ministry world that smaller towns mean unsuccessful ministry or ineffective pastors. This book challenged me personally, as I’ve always have had the thought in my mind that I’ve finally have arrived in ministry when I make it to the suburbs. Shannon’s speaks to the fact that God has called people to the rural. That the rural can be more difficult than the suburbs.

TCiRA is centered around basic leadership principles that I’ve seen in other leadership books, but what struck  me were the chapters that spoke specifically to the smaller community. Shannon addressed issues that rural churches face.

TCiRA challenged me that just because your ministering in the rurals: that you can be a church of thousands in a town of hundreds, to pursue excellence, and to break every small town stereotype.

Every small town pastor needs to read and allow this book to encourage and challenge them take their church’s to places they never have before.

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