Alva Review-Courier -

MOUNDRIDGE, Kan. (AP) — A Kansas pastor has written a book that focuses on what rural churches can and must do to stay alive.

The Hutchinson News reports that Brad Roth is a pastor at West Zion Mennonite Church in Moundridge. He says his experiences in rural settings and his career in ministry led him to write his first book, "God's Country: Faith, Hope and the Future of the Rural Church."

"I do like being a rural pastor," Roth said. "I love ministry in general; getting to dive into the scriptures each week and teaching, getting to be with people at such sacred places in their lives — birth an...