An interview with Pastor Dirk Elliott who has spent nearly all his life in rural churches, both as a pastor for the past 20 years but also as the child of a rural pastor. One of the first issues is facilities.
Most rural churches are small and have limited facilities.
Typically, they are one-room with no separate Sunday school rooms or even room for a nursery. Most don't have a fellowship hall or a large room where members can gather for social fellowship or the community can use for social functions. This not only limits the church's outreach but the church itself from growing. These churches also don't have the money to expand or build better facilities, either. Rural churches are also limited by community.