Breaking all the Rurals! Free Book

I had the pleasure of reviewing a book for my friend Shannon O’Dell, Lead Pastor of Brand New Church in Bergman Arkansas.  Shannon is blowing up a church that grew from 31 people down to 12 after he accepted the call.  Now a few hears later by breaking some “rules” for ministry in small towns and traditional churches he’s north of 2000 people and BNC Impacts lives in Hundreds of Countries via satellite.

I had the pleasure to meet Shannon and share the Crosspoint story at a pastors’ round table.  After that Im surprised he will speak to me at conferences.  Seriously we had a bond rooted in the desire to reach small towns.  Shannon is pioneering the trail and we will learn from him and then continue to close the Highway TO hell in North Alabama.

Here’s the video.  After the video if you would leave a comment we will chose some of you to send a free book too:  Here’s what you do:

As part of my review I’m going to be giving away several FREE copies of Transforming Church In Rural America.  In fact, one out of every ten comments will win a copy.  Read carefully…because here is how you get your FREE copy, it’s simple: To get a chance at snagging a FREE copy, take the following three actions:

  1. Leave a comment below. State that you would like a copy of this book in your own words of course and even share why you would like one. I love reading your comments.
  2. Fill out the special form. Click this link and fill in your information, so New Leaf Publishing Group will know where to send your FREE copy in the mail.
  3. Twitter or Facebook a link to this post. You can do so to twitter automatically by clicking >> here <<. If you don’t have a Twitter account, you can use Facebook, LinkedIn or even Myspace. (If you don’t have any of those, don’t feel excluded…just leave a comment and let us know you don’t use any social media sites and we’ll make sure you’re still entered) You can copy the following into your status updates on any site :: Get a FREE Copy of @shannonodell’s new book, Transforming Church In Rural America from @moviepastor at http://www.moviepastor.com #TCiRA

Since this is my first book give-away, could you help me make it a good one by spreading the word on twitter/facebook…just copy the above and help me spread the word.

Here’s the Interview:  All Sexy 180lb of Shannon:

http://www.vimeo.com/11652726

Oh and if you missed the give-away you can still get Shannon’s book on AMAZON and check out some other resources for the book at NLPG.com/bnc

8 Responses to “Breaking all the Rurals! Free Book”

  1. Anne Allen  on May 11th, 2010

    Please send me a free copy of Transforming Church in Rural America. I grew up in rural America & love it. Plus I need something to read. Plus…. I WANT TO WIN A FREE BOOK!

  2. gibbsg  on May 11th, 2010

    Pastor John Atkinson told me to either win the book or buy it, so free is better lol!! Not really, this book has been highly recomended by Pastor John Atkinson and Pastor Jason Curlee. Thanks for the opportunity to be able to posses something that will enrich my walk with God and help me to better understand the “RURALS”.

  3. Jeremy Reeves  on May 11th, 2010

    I would like a copy of this book, because I know way to many people in rural areas that have been turned off to church because they have the wrong idea about Jesus.

  4. Jonathan B  on May 11th, 2010

    I’d love to have a copy so I can better serve my community.

  5. sam_taylor15  on May 11th, 2010

    Top 5 reasons I’d like a copy of your book:
    5. I follow you on twitter and I like reading your posts so I figure your book can’t be half bad.
    4. It’s free. Duh.
    3. I love books. In fact, I love reading in general. I’ll read anything…a cereal box, instructions on how to shampoo your hair, a tractor manual…whatever.
    2. Did I mention I love books? Like really, I do.
    1. I go to a rural church. I know that God has called me here and I want to do everything I can to encourage this body of believers and to show the love of Jesus to my community.

  6. Chris  on May 11th, 2010

    Looks like an excellent book that might really hold great application for our church here in even South Atlanta where we still have a ’small town” feel. I’d love to have a copy! Thanks, my brotha!

  7. moviepastor  on May 12th, 2010

    Congrats gibbsg! You won the free book. The publisher will be sending it out. Sad you didn’t win or got to the party late? You can get the book here http://tinyurl.com/34vu2wa

  8. Art  on May 12th, 2010

    I’d like to have a copy. I pastored in a rural setting for 6 years… if I do it again I’d like to get it right!

    Thanks!


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