In this book, Stephen Witmer provides a theological vision for small-town/rural ministry. Arguing that small places are both better than we think (when we write them off as worthless) and worse than we think (when we believe them to be idyllic), the book roots the case for small-town ministry in the nature of the gospel itself. The gospel is the good news of a God who works on big and small scales, at fast and slow speeds, often in ways that display his lavish, inordinate, ‘unstrategic’ love. The gospel itself therefore gives us permission and encouragement to pour ourselves into a small, slow, and unstrategic ministry if that’s the kind of ministry God gives us in order to display his worth.
Read Owen Strachan’s review of this book here.