Acts 22:22 (NLT) “The crowd listened until Paul said that word…” The small town pastor and church typically don’t have as big a ‘pool’ to draw from as churches in large urban and suburban areas. Yet Jesus, the builder of the Church, expects our churches to have significant impact wherever we are located. So for those of us in small towns there is an even greater need to intentionally cast a wide net. Here’s what I’m talking about: Every pastor has a certain demographic they n

One of the things I have learned about pastoring in a small town is sometimes things don’t move at the pace you wanted them to move. Securing and preparing your venue takes longer, your planned launch day gets moved back, the growth rate in your first year was not what you expected. And if you have ever done a building project you definitely know it will not move at the pace you want! I’ve noticed that a lot of pastors and leaders are D’s on the DISC personality test—Drivers.

Sheryll and I have been married over 40 years and have been senior pastors for over 25 years. During that time we have seen 3 children grow up, get married and give us 7 grandkids. As our kids grew up, we went through the normal highs and lows of parenting-- basking in the glow as our wonderful children achieved amazing things and shrinking back in horror and disbelief when one of our ‘perfect children’ discovered previously unknown depths of depravity. We have served in ever