Unique in character and cultural distinctions, small towns present special challenges for pastors, especially for those whose models of ministry may be grounded

Ministry in a small town or rural context is challenging. The minister and his or her family live in a fishbowl, with every aspect of life under constant scruti

A revealing examination of small-town life More than thirty million Americans live in small, out-of-the-way places. Many of them could have joined the vast majo

Even as so-called megachurches capture the attention of many church watchers, small congregations continue to dominate America's religious landscape in both rur