Rural Home Missionary Association
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Rural Home Missionary Association (RHMA) is an evangelical organization that plants and strengthens churches in small-town America. It was founded in 1942 by rural pastor C.J. Rediger.[1]
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| Formation | 1942 |
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Executive Director | Adam Kipp |
| Website | rhma |
RHMA seeks to plant new churches and strengthen existing churches through conferences and training.[2] Glenn Daman suggests that it has been "instrumental in expanding rural church ministry."[3]
RHMA has missionaries across rural America who are either church planters or church strengtheners. In either case, the goal is to bring the local church to self-sustaining status.[4]
The annual Small-Town Pastors' Conference (inaugurated in 1994) seeks to affirm, encourage, and equip pastoral couples in rural settings.[5]
The TACT [Town and Country Training] Program (inaugurated in 2008) consists of seminary-level, week-long classes (in June) which introduce and train for rural ministry.[6]