Articles for tag: Rural Churches

October 15, 2006

Christian Standard

The Megas Were Minors

By Knofel Staton It was exciting to read about megachurches in the April 9 issue of Christian Standard. We know these churches and their ministers, and we”re proud of them. This movement is really on the move not only in the number and size of the emerging megachurches, but also because we”re not exclusively a rural movement anymore. Now we”re also effectively impacting urban areas with the gospel of Christ. As a member of the sixth-largest megachurch, Crossroads Christian in Corona, California, I have observed firsthand a legion of unchurched become Christians because of what megachurches can offer: multiple services

May 3, 2006

Christian Standard

Everybody”s Challenge

By Mark A. Taylor We met at a church leaders conference in the heartland of our movement. The two men were elders at a rural church with a weekly attendance average below 30. They were looking for a minister. As we chatted, they told me they pay their preacher $24,000 per year. “The last minister asked if he could drive a school bus to supplement his income,” one of them said. “We agreed, as long as it didn’t interfere with his work for the church.” As I read this week’s issue of CHRISTIAN STANDARD, I wondered if those two elders

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