The Rural Church Podcast 2.0

Young men need more than advice from a screen. They need older men in the local church who will know them, walk alongside them, and tell them the truth. In this episode, we consider the importance of relationships across generations and the value of learning from men who have walked with Christ through years of faithfulness, failure, and grace. Immaturity breeds immaturity. S...

Pastor Allen is joined this week by Jordan Howe, owner of Kingdom Defense Training. They discuss a theology of safety and security as well as practical ways local churches ought to think through being prepared for emergencies in this present time of American history.

A link to Jordan's book: https://www.berithpress.com/bookstore/p/a-ministry-of-defense-by-...

Happy Reformation Month from RCP! In this episode, Pastor Allen talks about the godly resolve pastors must have in seeking to be modern day reformers in bringing local churches, by God's grace, into a state of health.

For more, you may want to consider this sermon: https://www.youtube.com/live/xNNiXcD7XUI?si=bh5ZGyZhxvKj1v1m

What does it actually take to build a healthy local church—and why can that work take longer than some pastors expect?

In the second half of this conversation, Allen Nelson talks with Blake Boylston, pastor of Chaffee Crossing Baptist Church, about discipleship, pastoral patience, church discipline, raising up men for ministry, and the slow work of cultivating a faithfu...