We frequently view these smaller churches as merely being recipients of help. Instead, they are partners that often serve as incubators for future ministers and lay ministers of all-sized churches.
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A Call for Greater Consideration of Small and Rural Churches
When a small church closes, a community loses both its anchor and the energy generated when it responds to local needs.
Close but Distant
Everyone knows each other in rural towns, but I have come to know that there is a difference between knowing of someone and actually knowing them.
Serving in a Surviving Church
What can a graying congregation in a shrinking rural community do?
Small Town, Small Church
Smaller churches carry great strengths that can support flourishing spiritual communities.
Resource Highlight: Journey: From Text to Congregation
The demands associated with preparing to teach and preach every seven days parallel the demands of moving irrigation pipe in the summer on our farm.
Healthy Small Church Looks Inward and Outward for Purpose
This small congregation’s outward reaching focus remains a central pillar of why they exist
How to Keep Your Rural Minister through the Harvest
The absence of adequate and regular field support makes for casualties and AWOLS on the spiritual battlefield of rural missions.