How to Do a Youth Retreat with No Budget: A Small Church Guide
By Brent Lacy Students remember retreats for decades. They do not remember individual Wednesday nights. The annual retreat is where […]
Rural Church Health
Rural church health. Assessing and improving the health of small and rural congregations.
AI and the Rural Church Digital Divide: Why Access Matters and What Small Churches Can Do
By Brent Lacy The conversation about AI in ministry tends to assume a certain baseline: reliable broadband, a budget for
Teaching Teenagers to Share Their Faith in a Small Town: A Practical Guide
By Brent Lacy Small-town evangelism is different. In a city, you can share the gospel with a stranger and never
How to Grow a Small Church Without Gimmicks
By Brent Lacy Most church growth advice is written for churches that already have momentum. It assumes a marketing budget,
AI for Rural Church Ministry: The Complete Guide for Small-Town Pastors
How rural church pastors can use AI tools to overcome geographic isolation, limited budgets, and bi-vocational time constraints. Practical tools, workflows, and ethical guidelines for small-town ministry.
AI for Small Churches: A Practical Guide for Pastors
A complete guide to using AI in small church ministry. Free tools, practical workflows, ethics framework, and policy template built for bi-vocational pastors and volunteer-led churches
The Loneliness Epidemic: Reaching Rural & Small-Town Communities
Rural Church Health | Church Leadership The rural church is not just affected by the loneliness epidemic. It is the
How a Small Church Can Build a Ministry to People in Recovery
People in recovery need community more than almost anything else. Here is how a small church can offer genuine community, genuine gospel, and genuine support to people in recovery.
How a Small Rural Church Can Minister to Immigrant Families
Rural communities across America are changing. Here is how a small church can minister to immigrant families with genuine hospitality and genuine gospel.
How to Reach Senior Adults in Your Community Who Are Not in Church
Senior adults are the most unchurched demographic in rural America. Here is how a small church can reach them with genuine ministry and genuine relationship.