A little about me.

I am a pastor and writer. I’ve written a few books. I’ve been a pastor in the small, rural church. I’ve led multi-million dollar public policy initiatives. I’ve taught courses for college students and seminarians. But mostly, I work with rural and small membership churches to engage their communities, understand vitality on their own terms, and live out their vocation.

Allen T. Stanton

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What People Say.

  • Along with the tools to re-think what is most important in today’s faith community’s existence, Allen began to introduce us to tools that helped us better identify current needs in our congregations of any size and situation, pinpoint the main stakeholders, investigate potential initiatives that would address these needs, then begin crafting the imperative communication around all this.

    Rev. Dr. Susan Arnold, First Presbyterian Church, Springdale

  • "Seminary does not prepare you for rural churches. This cohort does."

    Rural Church Cohort Participant

  • Allen’s life and work bears witness to his deep faith in God’s presence and movement in places most of us tend to overlook, like rural America. As a scholar, writer, and pastor, Allen is familiar with facts and stories of the challenges faced by rural churches and their communities, but he is also full of stories of possibilities and hope. I’m grateful for his clear-eyed, hope-filled leadership.

    Whitney Kimball Coe, Vice President of National Programs, Center for Rural Strategies