Devon Churches Rural Forum

Rural Ministry and Mission


A Theological Celebration pf Rural Life, Ministry and Mission

Part of the wider "Lightening the Load: Freeing the Church for Mission" resource.


Reports from the National Rural Officers Gathering 2019

News from around the country, The Theology of Social Action, Talk by the CPRE, Mission in the Peak District


Leadership and Ministry, Lay and ordained

Insights from Rural Multi-church groups. A major ecumenical report from the University of Derby


Presentation from the GR:ACE Project

The GR:ACE project stands for Growth, Relationship and Action in the Church of England



Faith and the Future of the Countryside

Notes taken from the five sessions of the conference "Faith and the Future of the Countryside" given by Bishop Alan Smith at Lee Abbey 23rd to 27th September 2019


Fruitfulness on the Front Line

Helping people to think about where they are for most of their time and how they can be a Christian presence there


Released for Mission - Growing the Rural Church

This page contains the executive summary of this 2015 Church of England Report with a link to the full report


DCRF 2018 Conference Re-imagining Rural Ministry: Moving towards new structures

This page contains the full proceedings of the conference including links to audio files, written copies of addresses and presentations, links to further resources and summaries of the sessions


Travelling Congregations or Fixed Provision? Assessing Models of Rural Ministry

by Robert Barlow, Worcester Diocese, in Rural Theology

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