Advancing During Economic Trouble – A History of Rural Churches Fueling AG Growth in Hard Times
By Dr. Darrin J. Rodgers, J.D. Can rural churches and ministers play a significant role in the...
Small Beginning, Big Impact
By Dwight Sandoz Foster Beckstrand grew up in a pastor’s home where he learned about small-town ministry and pastoring the church and...
When Rural and Urban Collide with Dr. Martin Giese Part 1
Pastor and Dr. Martin Giese has spent 40 years in rural pastoral ministry, and has served the last 8 years as the president of Oak Hills...
Community Development with Beth Epley
Beth Epley has spent the last seven years as a licensed minister of the Assemblies of God as well...
Rural Mindsets: The Good, the Bad, and the Godly part 3 with Gerad Strong
Gerad Strong was raised rural, has pastored rural churches, planted rural churches, and now helps other pastors do the same. Join us as we...
Rural Mindsets: The Good, the Bad, and the Godly, Part 1 with Twyla Kuntz
Join us today as we talk with long time rural minister Twyla Kuntz about which mindsets help rural churches, which ones hurt rural...
Rural Resources: God’s Country Part 2, Interview with Brad Roth
Join us today as we interview Brad Roth about his book, God’s Country: Faith, Hope, and the...
Rural Resources: God’s Country Part 1
Join host Joe Epley as he talks through some of the lessons he pulled from the book God’s Country: Faith, Hope, and the Future of the...
Partnership in the Gospel
By Dwight Sandoz Read the Academic Article: Partnership in the Gospel The summer of 1987 provided a new opportunity for ministry and our...












