Rural Ministry
- Generations After Slavery, Georgia Neighbors Find Freedom and Repair in ChristIn the farming community of Dirt Town Valley, family friends grapple with a difficult truth: One ancestor was enslaved by another.Melissa Morgan Kelley in Dirt Town Valley, Georgia|Français
- Wheel and Heal: Medical Bus Wins Award for Church InnovationAfter hospitals closed in rural Tennessee, church volunteers stepped in to provide basic care, cut hair, and pull teeth.Emily Belz|
- Five Years After Church Shooting, Sutherland Springs Pastor RetiresNow at a new location, the rural Texas church continues on in memory of the 26 members killed, including the pastor’s teenage daughter.Diana Chandler - Baptist Press|
- Why We Preach for Proper NamesThe local church is small and placed for a reason.Tish Harrison Warren|简体中文繁體中文
- Quick To ListenEpisode 289|1 hrThere’s No Good Plan to Stop 100,000 Opioid Deaths a YearThe Christian call to hard friendship in a national emergency.Morgan Lee|
- Around America’s ‘Christmas City,’ Rural Churches Left Heartbroken by COVID-19Congregations in Noel and Neosho, Missouri—one diverse and one mostly white—grapple with the strain of the pandemic.Luis Andres Henao, David Crary, and Jessie Wardarksi – AP|
- The Disturbing Temptations of Pastoring in ObscurityLeaving the limelight didn’t heal my pride; it only disguised it.Matt Erickson|
- Small Town Pastors See More Than Small WondersRural ministry is experiencing a resurgence in the US even as economic and demographic numbers continue their decline.Kate Shellnutt|
- Taking the Measure of Trump CountryA writer and a scholar attempt sympathetic portrayals of the president’s rural supporters, but their sympathy only extends so far.Anne Carlson Kennedy|
- A Small Rural Church Is Hard to KillA Texas Baptist pastor on the risk and resilience of America’s smallest congregations.Bart Barber|
