OUR VALUES:
- We desire the health, vitality and sustainability of every rural church.
- We enjoy the sense of community/connectedness/being neighborly in our villages, towns and rural communities.
- We honor the generational aspect and strive to reflect that in our churches.
- We strive to be resourceful and creative by accomplishing more with less as we focus on the assets we have at our disposal.
- We believe that every person is of sacred worth.
- We believe every Christian is gifted for ministry.
- We affirm the value of rural communities as a context for mission, ministry and the making of new disciples for Christ.
- We hold in high value the welfare of rural people.
- We long to be faithful stewards of creation.
- We yearn for appropriate leadership and resources for rural congregations.
- We believe that assessments must consider the demographic and contextual realities of ministry in rural communities.
- We desire partnerships with others for a common cause in the work of making disciples for Jesus Christ.
