Rural Church Planting

Terry Dorsett. Though demographic trends show that the population is shifting to more urban areas, nearly 60 million people in North America still live in rural communities with populations under 2,500. Fifty-seven percent of those individuals do not attend church on a regular basis, which reveals that their spiritual condition is not as it should be. Planting new congregations in rural areas is the best way to reach those people. Learn how the Green Mountain Baptist Association in Vermont doubled the number of churches in the least religious state in the U.S. in a decade. Gain practical skills for how those methods can be adjusted to fit the context of your rural situation.