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Listed below are websites that provide valuable information for small churches in various contenxts. Note: The inclusion of a website does not mean an endorsement or an agreement with the content of the site. Rather, the websites are listed because they provide helpful information in understanding the trends, issues, and demographics affecting ministry in small churches. This page is very much a "work in progress," so check often as we add more links. If you have additional links to reommend, please contact Julia Wallace at jwallace@gbod.org.

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America Religion Data Archive
  This site provides religious membership data for counties and states.
Economic Research Service of the U. S. Department of Agriculture
  This site provides demographic and economic information related to rural areas.
Eye on the Rural Church
  An online forum for both rural and small church issues in the United States and abroad.
Hartford Institute for Religion Research
  Hartford Seminary's Hartford Institute for Religion Research has a twenty-seven year record of rigorous, policy-relevant research, anticipation of emerging issues, and commitment to the creative dissemination of learning.
Missouri School of Religion (MSR) Center for Rural Ministry
  The mission of Missouri School of Religion Center for Rural Ministry is to provide transforming experiences of leader development, ministerial preparation and continuing education, with concern for small and rural churches and communities.
Pickens Baptist Association
  The Pickens Baptist Association is a family of 33 Baptist congregations in west Alabama. The Association sits east of Columbus, Mississippi, and west of Tuscaloosa,  Alabama. It  cooperates with the Alabama Baptist Convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. It is a rural missions environment and has a long and proud history of sending its members out into the international missions field.
Rural Information Center
  This site provides information services for rural communities, officials, organizations, and citizens.
Rural Witness Team
  The purpose of the Rural Witness Team is to seek transformation of the people and ministries in rural congregations through prayer, conversation, and mutual action as we listen to, advocate for, and equip rural ministry.
Texas Rural Church Network
  The Texas Rural Church Network is an ecumenical group committed to strengthening and supporting town and country churches on the local, regional, and state levels.
United Methodist Rural Fellowship
  The United Methodist Rural Fellowship provides fellowship, advocacy, information, workshops, and publications for the rural church and community.

 
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