Rural & Small Town Mission

Educational Webinars

Rural & Small Town Mission webinars provide LCMS pastors and congregational leaders with practical, relevant ideas for engaging the community with the Gospel. Webinars are typically offered monthly.

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‘Engaging’ Events

Engaging Your Community events can help leaders identify congregational assets and make plans for using resources to engage communities with the Gospel.

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• Engaging Your Community brochure
• Engaging Your Community bulletin insert

Engaging the Wandering events are designed to assist congregations with practical approaches for engaging and reaching inactive members with the Gospel.

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• Engaging the Wandering brochure
• Engaging the Wandering bulletin insert

Cost per individual is $25. For more information, or to schedule an event in your district, contact LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission.

National RSTM Conference

The annual conference addresses the blessings and challenges facing rural and small-town congregations, encouraging them and their leaders in cultivating healthy churches.

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Outreach Strategies

Congregations face unique challenges, and Rural & Small Town Mission offers several outreach strategies and resources, including:

• Evangelism and Outreach
• Stewardship
• Christian Education
• Recognized Service Organizations
• Literary Resources
• Youth Resources
• Spanish Resources

Contact LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission at 1-800-248-1930 ext. 1396 or at rstm@lcms.org if you have questions about specific resources.

Welcoming Workshops

Welcoming Workshops focus on three areas: Welcoming Buildings, Welcoming Publications, and Welcoming People.

LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission will offer practical resources and communication skills for making our congregations welcoming places to provide God’s Word to members and visitors.

Cost per individual is $25. For more information, or to schedule an event in your district, contact LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission.

Reaching Rural America for Christ

The monthly RSTM newsletter offers suggestions for building, strengthening and supporting congregations.

• Read current issue and archives