I am looking forward to meeting soon a young pastor ho has planted a church in the open country in central Missouri. His church has grown to over 100 in worship while seven passive old rural churches nearby continue to die out. Certainly, you see my points. Rural ministry is what Jesus did. Rural ministry is an integral part of the larger strategy of growth for the Kingdom.
Rural ministry is a varied, valuable, and often vibrant form of ministry.
Certainly, we know that a total mission strategy must not neglect any peoples or any places where people dwell. The planting and expansion of the Kingdom of God called for the work of many persons. Each had a role to play. Some were on center stage, some on the periphery, some even back stage. But all were and are important.