. >> reporter: lynda ferguson is pastor of salem united methodist church in rural bostic, north carolina >> in jesus' name we pray. amen. >> reporter: she's the church's only pastor. most protestant churches have just one, ministering to a congregation of about 300. >> used to be the churches were filled, and now today we have to play a role of going out and bringing people into the church or actually taking thehurcto people. >> reporter: in the past three years, ferguson has put 90,000 miles on her car, visiting the sick. >> i ask, lord, that you would just fill her with your holy presence and that your healing power will just consume her body. >> he brought a lot of joy into this world. >> reporter: consoling the bereaved. >> i appreciate you letting me be part of your life. clergy are different in that we are called to go to many dark places. we enter into sacred places with people, places that often are very difficult and, you know, we don't do that from a distance. jesus didn't sit off in a corner and say "i feel your pain" from over here. jesus very much reached out and touched, an

. >> reporter: lynda ferguson is pastor of salem united methodist church in rural bostic, north carolina >> in jesus' name we pray. amen. >> reporter: she's the church's only pastor. most protestant churches have just one, ministering to a congregation of about 300. >> used to be the churches were filled, and now today we have to play a role of going out and bringing people into the church or actually taking the church to people. >> reporter: in the past three years, ferguson has put 90,000 miles on her car, visiting the sick. >> i ask, lord, that you would just fill her with your holy presence and that your healing power will just consume her body. >> he brought a lot of joy into this world. >> reporter: consoling the bereaved. >> i appreciate you letting me be part of your life. clergy are different in that we are called to go to many dark places. we enter into sacred places with people, places that often are very difficult and, you know, we don't do that from a distance. jesus didn't sit off in a corner and say "i feel your pain" from over here. jesus very much reached out and touched