Ministry in the Countryside: Revised Expanded Edition
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- ISBN 9780826467652
- Weight: 470g
- Publication Date: 05 Jan 2003
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Some years ago, 'Faith in the Countryside', the report of the Archbishop's Commission on Rural Areas (Acora) was launched at Lambeth Palace. It was widely accepted as a good document, and a worthy companion to 'Faith in the City'. But while it seemed to put the rural Church on the agenda, it failed to come up with acceptable ministerial solutions. Andrew Bowden's book offers a model for future rural ministry which is practical, positive and a much needed follow-up to the Commission's report. He recognises that although rural dioceses have taken new initiatives, rural clergy and congregations need an overall vision and a practical strategy. This excellent handbook is as significant as the report itself for the future of rural ministry. It is now reissued with an expanded text to take recent developments fully into account.
Andrew Bowden is Local Ministry Officer in the Diocese of Gloucester. He has been Rural Adviser to the diocese and chaplain to the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester. He is now Rector of Watershed near Cirencester.
