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9/9/2018

Join us for a day of discussion and exploration of the demands you face and the resources available to support you in these days.

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Tim Beadle and his wife Heather are travelling around the Maritimes to connect with 9 denominations - with the poential for an expected 75 pastors and denominational leaders being exposed to the RCPN with 13 events that will have them take part in a RCPN experience! Here are some highlights so far from Tim and Heather:

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3/21/2018

March 22nd, 2017

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NEW RCPN Partnership

8/29/2016

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The leadership of the RCPN is pleased to announce a partnership created with Small Church Connections. (www.smallchurchconnections.com)
In late spring a 'rural matters' event was hosted by the RCPN in Calgary. Dr. Ron Johnston from SCC was one of the featured speakers and it became evident as leaders from both oranizations spent time together over a two day period, that it would be a desire to create a partnership in which both organizations would support the other's goals and passions.

The partnership will see the RCPN supporting SCC in the creation of two small church ministry conferences to be held across Canada in each of the next five year. In 2017 these conferences will be held at Briercrest (Sask) in April and Moncton (New Brunswick) in June ... in 2018 Southern Alberta and Southern Ontario.

The goal of each conference is to 'royally bless' those who serve in small church settings, which is the default situation in most rural churches. By raising funds, and attracting solid presenters from within the Canadian context... it is felt that rural pastors and leaders will have access to experiences designed specifically for them and their ministry needs.

The leadership of SCC will support the plans of the RCPN in creating regional connection points across Canada that will eventually find rural pastors with the ability to gather with other rural pastors for mutual encouragement, training, and fellowship within a 90 minute drive of their location. Currently there are 10 such regional hubs in place in western Canada.

With the emergence of small church/rural based ministry conferences and a network of rural ministry connection point for church pastors/leaders across Canada we believe those serving in isolated and often forgotten ministry sites will be affirmed, encouraged, and equipped in the coming days.

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Check out the newest book on rural ministry: The Rural Pastor

12/8/2015

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Andy Wiebe just recently finished his first book - a book on rural ministry. The ten chapters focus on ten different aspects of rural ministry. This honest look at rural ministry is meant to encourage those in rural ministry as well as encourage others to consider rural ministry if they haven't yet tried it.

Click here or to order.

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Announcing... New to the RCPN Team

7/3/2015

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Robin Haensel and Tim Beadle

Robin Haensel is joining the Rural Church Pastors Network as a Site Developer. This means he will be working in conjunction with the RCPN leadership team in strategic development of regional RCPN sites in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

Robin grew up in rural West-Central Saskatchewan. This has allowed him to have a deep appreciation and love for the rural lifestyle and the people that live in rural settings. He appreciates the beauty of nature, enjoying opportunities to be in God's creation, marveling at the creativity and diversity. Robin's greatest passion is to encourage people, wherever they are, to be the best they can be for God's glory.

So if you are in Saskatchewan or Manitoba and would love to have a regional RCPN event near you, contact Robin. robin@cma-cmd.ca / (306)550-3464.

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RCPN Hub Leader Retreats

4/20/2015

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We had a great hub leader retreat for our Alberta Hub leaders on April 13-14. What a great group of rural pastors. They are committed to the rural church and to encouraging other rural pastors. During our event we invited input into our next sessions which we will be doing in May. You can register here. We also got some input on what he next theme for the fall might be.

Our desire as an RCPN leadership team, is that we multiply our efforts by finding local hub leaders all across Canada who want to encourage the rural pastors in there area. We invite them(you) to contact us and let us know if you want to partner with us for your local area of rural churches. And then as we train the hub leaders, those of us on the leadership team do not have to be at every event. We are all full time pastors and just volunteering for this network, but if others join in we can still impact every rural church in Canada.

God is doing a new thing and He is using rural pastors to make it happen!

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Multiply Conference

2/18/2015

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Here is a conference dedicated to beginning new works. They are even talking about addressing "rural strategies". Check it out.

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How do you MEASURE Success in Rural Ministry?

11/14/2014

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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.

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RCPN Visits the Maritimes

Have you signed up yet?

March 22nd, 2017

NEW RCPN Partnership

Check out the newest book on rural ministry: The Rural Pastor

Announcing... New to the RCPN Team

RCPN Hub Leader Retreats

Multiply Conference

How do you MEASURE Success in Rural Ministry?

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