CORONAVIRUS UPDATE: The Rural Ministry Course scheduled for June 2020 has been cancelled. If you are booked onto this course, please email deb.soesan@arthurrankcentre.org.uk.
Over the coming weeks we will be working on a programme of dates for Rural Ministry Courses in 2021. Please check this page for updates, or register your interest by emailing deb.soesan@arthurrankcentre.org.uk.
Our highly-regarded Rural Ministry Course is back!
CANCELLED: Monday 8 – Wednesday 10 June 2020
The Rural Ministry Course is designed for lay and ordained church leaders across the denominations entering a rural appointment for the first time, and those already in rural ministry who feel the need for a ‘refresher’. The three-day residential programme employs a variety of approaches including practical sessions, group work and workshops led by practitioners, and includes sessions on understanding rural contexts, mission and growth, leadership, farming and work with children and young people in the countryside.
‘The most excellent course I’ve done in the church. Thank you so much for the information and, more importantly, the inspiration.’
Launched in 1982, the course provided training for hundreds of rural church leaders for almost four decades before it was briefly paused in 2017. After a period of review and updating, we are delighted that the course is returning in 2020.
‘Excellent: very challenging and thought-provoking with lots of useful ideas for the future.’
