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Marty Bascom
April 1, 2020

God Is Able: How Small-Town Churches Might Grow During COVID-19

Marty Bascom
April 1, 2020
God Is Able: How Small-Town Churches Might Grow During COVID-19

But what if God chooses to bring growth to his church during COVID-19?

Mike Penza
March 1, 2020

10 Reasons I Love My Small Church

Mike Penza
March 1, 2020
10 Reasons I Love My Small Church

If Jesus loved the church so much that he “married” us, how can I not also love Jesus’ people the same?

Elizabeth Burns
February 1, 2020

Making and Maturing Female Disciples in Small Places

Elizabeth Burns
February 1, 2020
Making and Maturing Female Disciples in Small Places

As we gather together for weekly discipleship, our aim is to point continuously to the person and the work of Christ, looking back to the grace of God and looking forward to the glory that is to be revealed to us in Christ’s second coming.

Tagged: Small Town, women, discipleship

Tim Counts
January 1, 2020

Resolutions of a Small-Town Pastor

Tim Counts
January 1, 2020
Resolutions of a Small-Town Pastor

As a small-town pastor, here are specific resolutions that I have as I think about ministry in 2020.

Tagged: New Year, Resolutions, Small Town

Ian Hard
December 15, 2019

Small-Place Apologetics

Ian Hard
December 15, 2019
Small-Place Apologetics

Small places afford us opportunities to focus on the particular people, customs, and challenges of a community. As such we can be ready to speak gospel hope to the context in which God has called us, with pastoral hearts.

David Pinckney
December 1, 2019

“Do Your Job!”: Mission in Small Places

David Pinckney
December 1, 2019
“Do Your Job!”: Mission in Small Places

I’m convinced that every church, led by biblically-qualified, Jesus-enamored elders, can become effective in mission. Size is no barrier to the power of the gospel. At the end of the day, we just need to do our job!

Doug Phillips
November 15, 2019

A Gospel-Centered Theological Vision for Small-Place Ministry: A Review of "A Big Gospel in Small Places"

Doug Phillips
November 15, 2019
A Gospel-Centered Theological Vision for Small-Place Ministry: A Review of "A Big Gospel in Small Places"

Stephen Witmer has written an excellent, helpful work of well-researched analysis coupled with theologically insightful reflection that yields Gospel-driven advocacy for the values and virtues of pastoral ministry in smaller congregations in smaller communities.

Owen Strachan
November 1, 2019

Do Small Places Still Matter?: A Review Essay of Stephen Witmer’s “A Big Gospel in Small Places”

Owen Strachan
November 1, 2019
Do Small Places Still Matter?: A Review Essay of Stephen Witmer’s “A Big Gospel in Small Places”

This is a book for every pastor in every place. It will spark all sorts of good thinking about pastoral ministry and the work of the local church. It will also undoubtedly serve to lead many to think a good deal more as well about genuinely “small places.” It is time that such a word came again to God’s people.

Ben Whittinghill
October 31, 2019

Re-Thinking Small-Town Ministry

Ben Whittinghill
October 31, 2019
Re-Thinking Small-Town Ministry

Your heavenly Father sees you. He is sovereign over the depth and the breadth of your ministry. He is working all things according to his good pleasure, and he loves you and the small town he’s called you to serve.

Tagged: Small Town Summits, Massachusetts, 1.0

Stephen Witmer
October 1, 2019

How Jesus and a Royal Official Can Help Small-Town Pastors

Stephen Witmer
October 1, 2019
How Jesus and a Royal Official Can Help Small-Town Pastors

We are invited to come to Jesus with all our weaknesses and stand amazed as his powerful word calls life out of death in our small churches and forgotten towns.

Tagged: small town, Jesus, Pastor

Ben Ruhl
September 1, 2019

The Pastor as Public Theologian in the Small Places

Ben Ruhl
September 1, 2019
The Pastor as Public Theologian in the Small Places

My prayer for pastors ministering in the small places is that we would see theology not as a dry and dusty discipline but a deep dive into the manifold glories of our God. May we embrace the weighty yet joyful privilege to serve the small places as public theologians and do all we can to prepare ourselves for this task.

Tagged: Gospel, Small Town Summits, Theologian, small town, Pastor

Stephen Witmer
August 15, 2019

What a Famous Poet Can Teach Rural Pastors

Stephen Witmer
August 15, 2019
What a Famous Poet Can Teach Rural Pastors

A great poet and humble pastor writes a guide for rural pastors. That’s a book I want to read and re-read. It’s a book worthy of being reclaimed by small-town and rural pastors (and many others) in our own day.

Tagged: Small Town Summits, Pastor, George Herbert, Poetry

Tim Counts
August 1, 2019

God, Help Me to See My Small-Town Church As You Do

Tim Counts
August 1, 2019
God, Help Me to See My Small-Town Church As You Do

The only way that I can see your church this way is if you brighten my eyes with your glory so that new light is shed on everything around me.

Tagged: Gospel, Small Town Summits, Pastor, Shepherd

Ben Whittinghill
July 15, 2019

Gospel Hope for Faithful Shepherding

Ben Whittinghill
July 15, 2019
Gospel Hope for Faithful Shepherding

The answer to our inadequacies as pastors and our tendency to make ministry about ourselves is to repent of our pride and to look to Jesus.

Tagged: Small Town Summits, Pastor, Gospel, Shepherd

Stephen Witmer
July 1, 2019

To Faithful Pastors in Forgotten Places

Stephen Witmer
July 1, 2019
To Faithful Pastors in Forgotten Places

Dear small-town pastor, you really can change and reshape the world

Tagged: Small Town Summits, Pastor, Gospel

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