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September 23, 2025• Ministry Insights

By Dr. Darrin J. Rodgers, J.D. Can rural churches and ministers play a significant role in the...

September 8, 2025• Ministry Insights

By Dwight Sandoz Foster Beckstrand grew up in a pastor’s home where he learned about small-town ministry and pastoring the church and...

August 25, 2025• Ministry Insights

By Charitie Sandoz In the fall of 2021, while serving on the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association’s Youth Pastor Leadership Team to...

By Dwight Sandoz Organizations can find a crucial indicator for the future in the leaders they...

Dennis Parillo: A Cruise Ship Musician’s Testimony… June 29, 2020 A firsthand story of how God used one man’s skills…
Cultural Intelligence: Improving Your CQ to Engage… October 11, 2021 This book validates the church's need for cultural sensitivity and…
The Prophethood of All Believers Book Review January 1, 2021 By Alvin (Dobie) Weasel Stronstad, Roger. The Prophethood of All…
The Churching of America 1776-2005 Book Critique October 27, 2021 Book by Roger Finke and Rodney Stark Review by Jim…
Comeback Churches: How 300 Churches Turned Around… September 30, 2021 Revitalization requires a team willing to take the steps to…
Chi Alpha Students Launching Ministry in Rural West… December 2, 2021 What if students started finding jobs in small, unlikely places?
A Humble Pastor, an Incredible God, and Principles… August 30, 2021 “My house will be a place where people gather to…
From Headlining Musicians to Rural Tennessee Pastors June 22, 2020 Who would have guessed the same couple that stood on…
A High Calling: Interview with Bryan Jarrett April 9, 2021 By Joe Epley Unassuming. Overlooked. Unimportant. Disinteresting. At times, rural…
Setting the Atmosphere for the Day of Worship December 2, 2020 "Finding a way to reach your audience and knowing your…