Rural Life and Rural Church

The essays brought together here present a broad assessment of the serious issues facing rural life and the rural church today. The authors are drawn from the Anglican Baptist Methodist and Pentecostal Churches. The essays explore a wide range of biblical theological sociological and historical concerns and topics. Throughout the book is informed by a spirit of listening - to church-goers clergy church leaders and local communities. Rural Life and Rural Church provides an invaluable resource for clergy and lay Christians involved in rural ministry initial and continuing ministerial education and Christian men and women living in the countryside.