IF the rural church is to be a power in the community, to assume the lead in modernizing and bettering its environment; if it is to fill its rightful place in the life of the nation to-day, it will ...

Trust in institutions is cratering everywhere, but at least in urban and suburban communities, those institutions still exist. The same cannot be said for rural America. In the last few decades, rural ...

MINOT, N.D. - Some were farmers. Some were ranchers. All could be found on a regular basis at country churches throughout North Dakota. It was the rural church that brought people together like no law ...

HILLSBORO, N.D. - Myron and Lorna Nysveen celebrate their 55th anniversary on June 16, but what should be a joyous day will be bittersweet for the Hillsboro couple. Norway Lutheran Church, between ...

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 ...