Trinity United Methodist Church in Colebrook, New Hampshire, leases its building to the local branch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. | Mariya Manzhos, Deseret News Last year, I ...

Most Sunday mornings, Marcia Barker walks out of her house just before 8 a.m. and meets her friend in the middle of the road. Together, they walk across the quiet main street to church. The retired ...

COTTONWOOD, Minn. -- It wasn't the opportunity to spread the good news of the gospel that led the Rev. Mary Dodgson to take on a third congregation. It was her bank account. Ministers are finding it ...

On a cold, snowy Sunday morning, Mindoro Presbyterian Church waits for believers to fill its pews, but the turnout reflects a harsh reality facing rural congregations across ...

For the fifth time since 2022, Evangel University received a grant from Lilly Endowment Inc. The latest is worth $7.5 million. The grant is part of the Indianapolis-based private philanthropic ...

INDIANAPOLIS — Lilly Endowment Inc. has awarded grants to 20 organizations across the United States to provide resources to help churches in rural areas and small towns enhance the vitality of their ...

In his commentary on the debate over day care triggered by the Nov. 17 letter from the Rev. Rolf Preus, Forum columnist Devlyn Brooks (Dec. 2) seems to take an unwarranted swipe at "small, rural ...

If you’re a rural pastor, as I am, you have probably read books that claim to address the needs of the small, rural congregation, only to discover that to many authors, small means a church of less ...

Last year, I visited a Methodist church in Colebrook, New Hampshire, a small town of about 2,000 people. On a typical Sunday, around 20 people attended the service at the Trinity United Methodist ...