Rural Church Rescue, with Jon Sanders (Podcast Ep 024)

Jon and Karl talk about how Jon used the principles he learned as a firefighter to help churches better understand how to do ministry that matters.

Have you ever considered the parallels between fighting fires and pastoring a church? Of course you have – metaphorically.

But Jon Sanders has literally done both. And the lessons he shares about those parallels are really helpful, especially for rural and smaller congregations.
 

In this episode I interview Jon, the founder of SmallTownBigChurch.com, co-host of the EntrePastors podcast, and author of Rural Church RESCUE: A Call to Restore Healthy Churches to Rural North America.

We talk about how he uses the principles he learned as a firefighter to help churches better understand how to do ministry that matters. The parallels between the roles of firefighters and pastors are vivid, and the lessons are clear.

Subjects include:

  • The need for a clear mission and vision
  • The need to adapt
  • The necessity of training
  • Working as a team

and much more.

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Credits

Producer
Veronica Beaver | [email protected]

 

Editor

Phil Vaters | [email protected]

 

Music composed and performed by
Jack Wilkins | JackWilkinsMusic.com

 

Podcast logo created by
Solomon Joy | Joyetic.com

 

Correspondence
Shelley Vaters | Shelley@KarlVaters.com

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