America’s rural congregations, thinned by age and a population drain that plagues much of farm country, have gotten too small and too poor to attract pastors. No pastor means no church. Rural pastors are disappearing even faster than the general population, leaving graying congregations helpless in their time of greatest need.
"So in Christ we, though many, form one body, and
each member belongs to all the others." - Romans 12:5
each member belongs to all the others." - Romans 12:5