Our RCPN team spent some time in North Carolina back in October. We met with a group at Duke University that works with the United Methodists and their rural churches. They had done some research and came up with a list of 13 Characteristics of their Thriving Rural Church Initiative Partner Churches. Click here for a look.
Our team thought through this list and came up with a condensed list of 7 Elements of a Thriving Rural Church. Download here. This is NOT a finished document, so please speak into it from your experience. Let us know your thoughts.

We had just over 90 pastors attend. Thank you to Greg Dermondy for hosting us at Assiniboia Alliance Church in Assiniboia SK. This was our newest site. We are always looking to see if there are more places where we can help network rural pastors and provide meaningful resources.

Also... if you haven't yet filled out the Rural Pastor Survey under the "More" tab, we invite you to do so in the next week or so. Results will be shared in January.So far, 17 denominational leaders and 43 pastors have filled it out. Thank you.