Articles found in the Baptist Bible Tribune from 2018.
With the increased emphasis on church planting in large cities over the last decade, we cannot minimize the fact that the Holy Spirit calls people to small towns too. While Jesus did ministry in the […]
I worked with and for Dr. Robert L. Sumner (1922-2016) for a year and a half in Murfreesboro, Tennessee in the mid-1980s. Though I was designated “assistant to the editor,” my duties included advertising manager, […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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