On the last Thursday of June 1956, Jerry Falwell, founding pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church, sat in a pickup truck looking through pouring rain at a 30 x 150-foot concrete block building. He prayed, […]
When I started in ministry 18 years ago in Fort Worth, Texas I had no desire for small town ministry. I enjoyed the larger cities and the convenience large cities offered. If I am being […]
As major ministries and church planting have become more centered in urban and suburban areas in recent decades, evangelical priorities have tended to shift away from small-town America. And while we celebrate Gospel advances through […]
“Nowhere more than in America are Christians caught in the twentieth-century syndrome of size. Size will show success. If I am consecrated, there will necessarily be large quantities of people, dollars, etc. This is not […]
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 […]
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 […]
“Ve drive cub.” Standing in the center aisle after Sunday service, Sultan and Nurian spoke to me in limited, broken English. Having visited Kyrgyzstan twice, I could scarcely believe these two new arrivals had made […]
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