AfterWords

My Mother Always Said …

This is the prayer journal of Ruby Prentiss. Ruby’s name is a fiction, but she is a real composite of women I have known and loved. She is a woman in ministry facing all-too-real challenges, not […]

May/June 2018

Great Minds

“Some want to work within the sound of church or chapel bell; I want to run a rescue shop within a yard of hell.” C.T. Studd, 1862-1931British missionary, China Inland Mission   “As a minister in […]

Feature Article

Church Planting in a Small Town

When I was invited to McFarland, California to speak to the high school cross country team planting a church was not on my mind, but it was on God’s mind. The relationships that I built […]

Church News

Victory Baptist Celebrates 25th Anniversary

On Sunday, April 22, Victory Baptist Church in Nixa, MO celebrated its 25thanniversary with 150 in attendance, three new families joining and special guest Joe Decker, pastor of South Campbell Avenue Baptist Church in Springfield, […]

Feature Article

Challenges in Small Town Ministries

I am kind of unclear as to why anyone would think ministry in a small town is challenging. I mean, maybe, if you find it difficult to run children’s ministry with seven volunteers. Difficulties may […]

May/June 2018

Q: How Do You Love Your Community

Regardless of the size of your community, your testimony and love for your community impacts your ministry to them. If you are a Christ-follower, very few things in life are more important than loving your […]

Feature Article

Rural Missions

We spent the first 6 years of our ministry in our nation’s capital and loved it.  From education and jobs, to commerce and even Christianity, the capital is the hub for most everything in the […]

Church Planting

Putting First Things First

As a church planter, you will have to manage your time and prioritize a number of items that should all be first on your list. You will learn there has to be a balance. There is […]