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Small Church Leadership Network
Rural Ministries: Ministries and organizations that provide training, ministry and support for rural and small town Ministries.
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Recommended Books on Rural Ministry
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Village Mission: Provides pastors and support for struggling churches in rural North America.
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Contenders Discipleship Initiative. The Contenders Discipleship Initiative (CDI) is a two-year program offered by Village Missions to equip Christians for ministry within their local church and to prepare those who are called for full-time ministry as missionary pastors.
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Rocky Mountain Bible Mission: Supports pastors and churches in the Northern Rocky Mountain Region.
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Rural Home Missions Association: Strives to plant churches and assist pastors in the rural mid-west region as well as provides a yearly conference for rural pastors and leaders.
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Rural Matters Institute: Provides training, support and encourage to small town and rural pastors.
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Small Town Jesus: Desires to help small town ministry be taken seriously and see great churches planted and strengthened in every small town around the world.
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Small Town Summits: Small Town Summits are small, local, affordable gatherings of Christians who long for God’s glory to spread throughout the small places of New England. We welcome pastors and lay leaders, men and women. Partnering with The Gospel Coalition New England, our Summits provide support, training, encouragement, and connection for New England churches beyond the urban centers.
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Acts 29 Rural Initiative. Promotes the theological and missiological rationale for rural church planting through Acts 29 Network leaders, the broader Acts 29 family and within the wider evangelical community.
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