As we face an uncertain future, let’s fix our hope upon the surety of our God and look for ways to partner with one another in the work that he’s bringing about. And may the Lord of the harvest send more workers for his harvest.
Voices are the primary instrument in the church’s worship. This frees small-town pastors and worship leaders from the burden of musical complexity or even proficiency. The voices of the people simply need to be unleashed.
While the city offers unique discipleship opportunities, small places have unique discipleship opportunities of their own. Here are three discipleship opportunities unique to ministry in small, slow, out-of-the-way places.
A Loving Life helped me to process the book of Ruth in bite-size chapters that explain a small portion of the text, with robust application and illustration for today. Here are three reasons that the biblical lessons from A Loving Life are especially relevant to small-town pastors.
I pray that the Lord places a big ambition in our hearts to carry out our work in small places in such a way that we are conformed to the image of our Savior.
Our churches should not be working to advance our kingdom and our glory but God’s kingdom and his glory. To do that, we need to work together. We need a “kingdom mindset.”
Proclamation and teaching that promotes the gospel of reconciliation and unity calls for our best study, exegesis, self-examination, accountability, prayer, and energy.
