Dave was a pastor for twenty eight years before retiring in 2006 and starting Small Church Pastor. Small Church Pastor provides coaching, consulting, resources and encouragement to pastors of small churches. Dave also is the moderator of the Small Church Pastor group page on Facebook and blogs at http://www.davejacobs.net. Dave is a published author with his third book ‘100 IDEAS that work in a small church’ scheduled for release this year.

Naked Man Running by Dave Jacobs

For the past ten years I have been coaching pastors of smaller churches. These leaders are always searching for answers and ideas that will relate to the unique challenges of pastoring a small church. Often times frustrated, they return from conferences led by pastors of larger churches telling them how to grow their church or offering them solutions that simply won’t work in a small church. A few years ago I realized that I had been accumulating ideas for the everyday problems pastors face. I’ve gathered all these ideas into one volume and categorized them so that a pastor can easily find answers to their specific problems. Enjoy.

Mile Wide, Inch Deep by Dave Jacobs

Humorist Artemus Ward, a favorite author of President Abraham Lincoln, estimated the river Platte to be “a mile wide and an inch deep.” Many pastors, if they were honest, would say that Ward could have easily been describing their own spirituality. They are a mile wide, and an inch deep. If you feel like your depth of intimacy with God is an inch deep, while your ministry responsibilities stretch you a mile wide, then this book was written for you. For pastors and the rest of us, Mile Wide, Inch Deep will help you experience God beyond the shallows. It’s possible to go deeper.

Belligerent Believers by Dave Jacobs