THE ASSOCIATIONAL DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS/CHURCH STARTER STRATEGIST AS A MODEL OF LEADERSHIP FOR RURAL CHURCH PLANTING (A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary)

http://www.jdpayne.org/ Doctor JD Payne, missiological thinking interviews George Garner about the Rural Church Planting: A Missional Footprint book.
http://www.smallchurch.com They have some good things for smaller membership churches and pastor's helps.
www.rhma.org Rural Home Missionary Association. They have a newsletter called "Small Talk". Copy or download all of them. Look at the Core Values in the lst issue.
www.westernseminary.edu/ Western Seminary's Home Page. They have a course on "Shepherding the Small Church" in their Center for Lifelong Learning. It cost $25.00.
www.pickensbaptist.com Pickens Baptist Association, Carrollton, Alabama. Dr. Gary Farley. Go to edocuments for access to wealth of materials that can be downloaded. Smaller membership church pastors; sociology of rural America; and much more.

http://ruralsociology.org Rural Sociology Society