One Rural Pastor's Journey

Which type of church is yours?

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Welcome to the Rural Pastor podcast this is Episode 1 and I am your host Heath Mullikin.

I’m the pastor of Oakway Wesleyan Church.
I want to provide a forum for discussion and ideas for rural pastors.

3 types of churches and 3 ways to get your church moving in the right direction.

Type A

• Builds wall and moats.
• Doesn’t go out into the community to help.
• Doesn’t want to bring anyone new into the church.
• May sends lots of money to “missions” Continue Reading…

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Do you need a fresh start?

Several months ago, this blog was hacked.  I started blogging on MySpace years ago, then moved to notes on Facebook.  Next came dailydoseofheath.wordpress.com before I finally bought Heathmullikin.com and moved to a hosted account.  Later on, The Daily Dose of Heath became a video show as I did my best to be One Man, One Mic, Three Minutes.  That’s when, due to a weak login and password, the blog was hacked with a code so embedded that the good folks at Bluehost couldn’t even pin point everywhere it was.  I purchased WordPress Defender to ensure that nothing like that ever happened again to my blog or any blog that I built.  I then set up the domain www.heathmullikin.com to forward to ChaseYourLion.com as I took some time to determine my next step.

After much prayer and deliberation, I have decided that this blog will do 2 things:

1.  Tell my story as the pastor of a rural church and…

2.  Encourage other rural pastors(although non-rural pastors are certainly welcome).

That’s why this week, I will be launching the Rural Pastor Podcast and fire the keyboard back up for some new adventures.

I’m excited to get a second chance at blogging here.  Starting from scratch isn’t all bad as I will get to apply a lot of what I’ve learned now from the very beginning.  With that said, I will leave most of the blogging advice for Chase Your Lion where this week I will be announcing how new/wanna be bloggers can get over the hump and get started.

If you’re a Rural Pastor I encourage you to join the discussion and contact me with any questions, comments, or topics you think should be covered by the blog and podcast.  Have a great week!

Attend a Rural Church? Try the Rural Pastor’s Podcast for encouragement, tips, and trends to lead your church to a whole new level!

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As some of you know, The Daily Dose of Heath was hacked last week.  I will be back and stronger than ever!

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