Discovering hope
Subtitle: building vitality in rural congregations
By: David Poling-Goldenne and L. Shannon Jung.
Contributors: Jung, Shannon, 1943-; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Division for Congregational Ministries.; Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Division for Outreach.; Wartburg Seminary. Center for Theology and Land .; Wartburg Seminary.
Publisher: Augsburg Fortress
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Minneapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 124
Subjects: Rural churches -- United States; Pastoral theology -- Lutheran Church
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 114-116).
"This research study was initiated by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America ... Division for Congregational Ministries and Division for Outreach, in partnership with the Center for Theology and Land at Wartburg Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa"--p. 117.
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