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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 […]
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 […]
“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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Jonathan Krawczyk was installed as the new pastor of Victory Baptist Church in Nixa, MO on Sunday, April 15, 2018. Krawczyk assumed the position following Ray Brinson’s retirement after serving as pastor the past 20 […]
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