Rural Home Missionary Association
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| Formation | 1942 |
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Executive Director | Ron Klassen |
| Website | rhma |
The Rural Home Missionary Association (RHMA) is a rural church network in the United States.[1] It was founded in 1942.[2]
RHMA seeks to plant new churches and strengthen existing churches through conferences and training.[1] Glenn Daman suggests that it has been "instrumental in expanding rural church ministry."[3]
In her 2019 book God Land, Lyz Lenz relates how she attended an RHMA training conference and was advised to carry a gun while preaching.[4] Lenz argues that the curriculum was "male-centric" and notes that RHMA-supported missionaries must be "men in heterosexual relationships".[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Ferguson, Dave (4 February 2020). "10 Church Networking Models—Part 2". Outreach. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ "Our History". Rural Home Missionary Association. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Daman, Glenn (2018). The Forgotten Church: Why Rural Ministry Matters for Every Church in America. Moody Publishers. p. 236.
- ^ Felicetti, Elizabeth (11 November 2019). "Why did Lyz Lenz's church fail? Why do so many others?". Christian Century. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
- ^ Lenz, Lyz (1 August 2019). "Trap Shooting with Pastors". Pacific Standard. Retrieved 19 August 2022.