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Small Towns, Big Wounds: Why Rural Churches Keep Meeting Hidden Social Crises

June 12, 2026 by Tracy Kiger

Rural churches often face homelessness, addiction, and family instability before anyone else sees the pattern. Small towns hide pain differently, not less deeply.

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Windmills…

June 12, 2026 by brentlacydotcom

Lessons from a windmill field In my workshop at the 2018 RHMA conference, one of the examples I gave for the need to network for ministry in your community is a windmill field. There are some lessons we can take from these pieces of wonderful technology as churches. They have a purpose that is simple …

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Spread the Gospel like Stubble Clover…

June 12, 2026 by brentlacydotcom

The Gospel Grows Like Stubble Clover “So then neither the one who plants nor the one who waters is anything, but God who causes the growth.” — 1 Corinthians 3:7-8 (ESV) I was part of a lot of years of planting seasons as a kid and teenager. Want to know what my least favorite thing …

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