Small churches cannot compete with large church discipleship programs. They do not need to. The small church’s greatest discipleship asset is not a curriculum, a small group system, or a discipleship pastor. It is the…
A rural church with three children and no children’s director faces a choice the big-church playbook does not address. There is no curriculum to buy, no volunteer team to recruit, and no separate wing to…
If many rural young adults will eventually leave for school or work, churches must make the most of the first eighteen years while children and teenagers are still in their care.
Social media and digital communities do more than entertain. They shape belonging, comparison, and identity, which makes them a discipleship issue for churches.
Brent Lacy explains why he built MinistryPlace.net — a free resource platform for small and rural church leaders. 25+ years of ministry experience, from youth pastor to bi-vocational senior pastor, led to a platform that finally fits the churches most resources ignore.
School consolidation, charter options, and homeschooling are reshaping rural community life. Here is why churches serving children and teenagers need to pay attention.
