Stephen Witmer 
A Big Gospel in Small Places [EPUB ebook] 
Why Ministry in Forgotten Communities Matters

Foreword: Ray Ortlund
Introduction: My Small-Place Story
Part I: What Are the Small Places Like?
Small Places Are Better and Worse Than We Think
1. Taking a Fresh Look at Small Places
2. Why Small Places Are Better Than We Think
3. Why Small Places Are Worse Than We Think
Part II: How Can We Minister Fruitfully in Small Places?
Developing a Theological Vision for Small-Place Ministry
4. The Source and Goal of Small-Place Ministry: A Shaping Gospel and a See-Through Church
5. Strategic Isn’t Always What We Think
6. Small Is Usually Better Than We Think
7. Slow Is Often Wiser Than We Think
8. Fruitful Small-Place Ministry: The Circle and the Arrow
9. Battling Joy Killers in Small-Place Ministry
Part III: Should I Be Ministering in a Small Place?
Reasons Not to Do Small-Place Ministry, Reasons You Should, and Reasons to Consider
10. Good and Bad Reasons Not to Do Small-Place Ministry
11. Good and Bad Reasons to Do Small-Place Ministry
12. Common Reasons to Prioritize Big-Place Ministry
Conclusion: Pray Big, Trust God, Work Hard
Acknowledgments
Notes

Ortlund (Ph.D., Unversity of Aberdeen) is senior minister at Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. He has pastored churches in California, Oregon and Georgia and was formerly professor of Old Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He is also the author of A Passion for God (Eerdmans).