Join us as our host Joe Epley walks through highlights from the book Small Church Essentials by Karl Vaters. This book is a great resource for practical tips on leading small town ministry. This book highlights good strategies for church health, and proper metrics to measure success that don’t revolve around the numbers.

You can purchase Small Church Essentials or Karl Vaters’ other books at the links below:

Small Church Essentials

The Grasshopper Myth

De-Sizing the Church

As always if you would like to reach out the show for encouragement, or with feedback and ideas, you can connect with our host Joe Epley at [email protected]

Join our host Joe Epley as we dive into a prayer that comes to us from the Catholic tradition. The Litany of Humility is designed to inspire humility in our life as well as a road map to pray God’s blessing on others.

You can read the full litany here.

As always, if you would like to reach out to the show for encouragement, or if you would like to give feedback or ideas, you can contact our host Joe Epley at [email protected]

Pastors Dereck and Gail Owen share about their journey in a small town over the course of two decades, highlighting their experience as both youth and lead pastors during that time. Join us today as they unpack topics such as how to lead a growing church when a town is in decline, how to create opportunities for students, and how to discover significance in part 2 of this conversation!

As always, if you would like to reach out to the show with feedback or ideas, or for encouragement, please contact our host Joe Epley at [email protected]

Pastors Dereck and Gail Owen share about their journey in a small town over the course of two decades, highlighting their experience as both youth and lead pastors during that time. Join us today as they unpack topics such as small town best practices for youth ministry, how to walk through the loss of a student, and how to create a congregation that empowers and embraces young people. This week is Part 1 of 2 for this great conversation!

Pastor John Murdoch shares insights on the Holy Spirit, Prayer, and God’s faithfulness through 52 years of ministry. His experience and wisdom in working with youth, lead pastoring, and planting churches created a fun and enriching conversation!

As always, if you would like to connect with the show for encouragement, or to give ideas or feedback, please contact our host Joe Epley at [email protected]

This week we get a chance to listen in on a conversation between Holly Davis and Julie Pratt, hosts of the Next Gen Leader Podcast and employees of the national office of the Assemblies of God, and our host Joe Epley as we discuss principles of effective rural youth ministry!

You can check out all episodes of the Next Gen Leaders Podcast here.

As always, if you would like to contact the show with feedback and ideas, or for encouragement, please contact our host Joe Epley at [email protected]

Pastor Bill Lanes is passionate about walking through pastoral transition. Last week we began a conversation around the topics of how to handle pastoral change as a minister, as a congregation, and as believers in general. Tune in this week to hear the final conclusions!

If you would like to access some resources for conflict resolution click here!

As always if you would like to reach out to the show for encouragement, or with feedback or ideas, please contact our host Joe Epley at [email protected]

Pastor Bill Lanes is passionate about walking through pastoral transition. Join us over the next two weeks as we discuss how to handle pastoral change as a minister, as a congregation, and as believers in general.

If you would like to access some resources for conflict resolution click here!

As always if you would like to reach out to the show for encouragement, or with feedback or ideas, please contact our host Joe Epley at [email protected]

Pastor Nick Rogers jumps on Rural Advancement to share his experience in small town ministry. In two parts, we will cover everything from community and economic development, the importance of county museums, church reputation, ministry transition, and benevolence. Tune in this week to hear the second half of this great conversation!

As always, if you would like to connect with the show for encouragement, or with feedback and ideas, please contact our host Joe Epley at [email protected]

Pastor Nick Rogers jumps on Rural Advancement to share his experience in small town ministry. In two parts, we will cover everything from community and economic development, the importance of county museums, church reputation, ministry transition, and benevolence. Tune in this week and next for this great conversation!

As always, if you would like to connect with the show for encouragement, or with feedback and ideas, please contact our host Joe Epley at [email protected]