Resources

This resource offers youth leaders of small churches hope and affirmation.

This book argues that small congregations offer relevant lessons appropriate for any size of congregation, and focuses on how a tight-knit...

This clasic book introduces a dynamic ministry that helps churches simplify and unify their pastoral vision. Rather than bombarding...

This web resource includes a study of 1,500 ministers in the Duke Clergy Health Initiative Longitudinal Survey which revealed that 28 percent...

This website offers free resources for rural and small town congregations to address outreach, stewardship of creation, agriculture and food.

This book helps congregations reimagine church structure by exploring a decentralized, mission-driven model rooted in small, empowered...

This book helps congregations explore a return to first-century patterns of church life by examining the biblical, historical, and practical...

This article recounts the creation and growth of a grassroots rural congregation focused on reaching those in the margins. Whether read as a...

The Rural Church Institute (RCI) at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center provides support and resources to help rural and small town...

The Life Long Faith Journal is an online free magazine available in PDF format that covers a wide range of topics, such as: faith formation in a...