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The challenges of rural ministry are addressed in a new report aimed at releasing the energies of clergy and lay people for mission in the countryside.
The Church Growth Research Programme explored some of the factors that might explain church growth in the Church of England.
Helpful reports and resources that aim to provide advice, guidance and recommendations for dioceses, parishes, PCC and clergy on rural mission and growth.
The findings of the research provide rich and wide-ranging insights into church growth in the Church of England.
Latest news, updates and commentary from the Church of England.
The Church of England has over 10,000 churches in rural areas and 40% of those who attend church go to rural churches. We are committed to supporting rural churches in their mission and helping them to grow.
Resources aimed at helping churches mark The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee have been released by the Church of England.
More than a hundred new churches are to be created in a £27 million drive by the Church of England to revive the Christian faith in coastal areas, market towns and outer urban housing estates, it was announced today.
Southwell and Nottingham’s diocesan vision for Growing Disciples Wider Younger Deeper includes The Potting Shed Church, started in 2017 as part of a Strategic Development Fund (SDF) grant.
NEWS / The Church of England has released new Ministry Statistics giving trends in ministry over the period between 2012 and 2015.