Rural Churches Are Places of Awesome Freedom. One stereotype of the rural church is that it is terribly tradition-bound. There is truth here. This is to say that while the rural church does not want the old to be trashed, it is usually open to new programs, projects and events which enhance the old. With this is the freedom of failure.
Rural churches are usually secure and unthreatened.
Love Is the Key to Effect Rural Ministry. Rural folk want to be loved. Many have experienced pastors who appeared to be using the church as a stepping stone to a city pastorate. No one likes to be used. And basic Christian ethics declares that people are not to be used.