'In the beginning God created The Country Church' has been written during the busy days of active growth of The Country Church in Marion, Texas. Several well known leaders in church growth requested that the history and events of The Country Church be recorded.

Pastor Butch Ikels has attempted to carry this out with a three fold purpose. First and foremost, to exalt The Lovely Lord Jesus who made it all possible. Second, to inspire church planters in rural areas to trust the Lord and dare to minister outside "the box". Thirdly, to encourage and edify those who serve in remote or ill-defined areas. Prayerfully, that through the pages of this book, they might see the miracle of I Corinthians 1:18-31 lived out in a congregation.

Author - Butch Ikels

"What comes through in 'God Created The Country Church' is the driving compassion of a man's heart to see others come to Christ coupled with an earnest conviction that all pretenses need to be laid aside and that integrity needs to be practiced by the church of God. This integrity of heart committed to missions and evangelism Butch Ikels has modeled in one of the most unique churches of which I am aware. I commend this volume to you as an example of how such should be done."
—Paige Patterson, President of Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.