http://www.goingtoseminary.com/ministry-in-a-rural-context/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:29:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.goingtoseminary.com/ministry-in-a-rural-context/comment-page-1/#comment-11206 Thomas Black Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:03:19 +0000 http://www.goingtoseminary.com/?p=2061#comment-11206 I despise the inner city. I commuted in and out of Chicago for five years while attending Moody and there were constant (and understandable) calls for pastors in the inner city. And every time I would bow my head in surrender and tell God I'd go if he wanted me too but I personally wanted to be anywhere but the inner city. A decade later I still pastor at a rural church in central Illinois. It has it's ups and downs and it's own unique set of challenges. I'd suggest another book for rural living written by my former Professor, John Koessler "No Little Places." I despise the inner city. I commuted in and out of Chicago for five years while attending Moody and there were constant (and understandable) calls for pastors in the inner city. And every time I would bow my head in surrender and tell God I’d go if he wanted me too but I personally wanted to be anywhere but the inner city.
A decade later I still pastor at a rural church in central Illinois. It has it’s ups and downs and it’s own unique set of challenges. I’d suggest another book for rural living written by my former Professor, John Koessler “No Little Places.”

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