Love Rural - National Rural Mission Conference Sept 2025
16 July 2025
Monday 22 September 11.30am to Tuesday 23 September at 3.00pm
St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Bury St Edmunds
Passionate about making disciples in the rural areas?
This 24-hour national gathering will:
- Share key learnings from contemporary disciple-makers in the countryside for mission strategy
- Enable you to connect with other rural practitioners to share wisdom and encouragement
- Introduce you to mission agencies, partners and resources
- Inspire you to prayer and praise as we discover what God is doing in small settlements and areas of low population.
Hosted by the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, we will share learnings from across England including including the ‘Growing in God in the Countryside’ project and other rural Strategic Development Funded (SDF) initiatives.
Key note speakers include the Bishop of Exeter, Mike Harrison and the Revd Simon Mattholie of the mission agency “Rural Ministries”.
Key themes include:
- Missional listening
- Ecumenical, parish-based and Fresh Expressions ministry
- Young people and families
- The discoveries of rural resourcing churches.
