EQUIPPING LEADERS FOR EFFECTIVE SERVICE

Leading a church in a small, rural community can be hard work, especially if you want to see God bringing new life into traditional services. We want to equip and encourage you in your ministry to your village or town. New Wine's Rural Church Leaders' Forum is one way we do this. 

In January 2005 a group of New Wine church leaders got together for the first time to discuss the challenges and frustrations of rural ministry in Britain.

While other parts of the country may be seeing obvious blessing and growth, all too often rural areas see good people leaving, young people falling away and the gospel falling on stony ground. Yet the rural areas are close to God's heart and crucial to the evangelisation of our country.  

We aim to have one or two forums a year where leaders working in rural areas can network with each other and discuss issues relevant to their ministry.

This year's forum was in January. Details of the 2011 event will be available in May 2010.