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 […]
Year: 2018
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 […]
Feature Article
Misconceptions of Small Town Ministry
Who would ever want to minister in a small town? Most of my ministry (28 out of 36 years) has been in small town America. I love being a small town pastor. While not an expert, I […]
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
Youth Ministry in a Small Town
As a New Yorker at heart, moving and ministering in small town America was a huge culture shock to say the least. The way I viewed and did ministry in New York, had to go […]
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 […]