Rural Missions

Bill Clinton hails Barack Obama
Bill Clinton resoundingly endorses Barack Obama, who is formally nominated by US Democrats as their presidential candidate.

Social factors key to ill health
Social factors - rather than genetics - are to blame for huge variations in ill health and life expectancy, a report concludes.

House prices 'fall 10.5% in year'
UK house prices are down 10.5% on a year ago, the first annual double-digit fall since 1990, the Nationwide says.

£100m appeal to keep Titian works
Two UK galleries are hoping to raise £100m to buy a pair of paintings by Italian Renaissance artist Titian - estimated to be worth £300m.

Arson attack house still 'unsafe'
Police hope to be able to enter the home of a missing family that was destroyed in an arson attack later, once it is declared safe.

Miliband warns over Russia crisis
David Miliband says Russia's invasion of Georgia marks the end of "the relative... calm" in Europe since the Soviet Union's collapse.

Sailors test positive for cocaine
Eighteen sailors on a Royal Navy warship fail a routine drugs test during deployment in the South Atlantic, the MoD says.

C diff deaths 'continue to rise'
The number of deaths involving Clostridium difficile in England and Wales rose by 28% between 2006 and 2007, official figures show.

Britain's happiest places revealed
The most sparsely populated county in Wales is Britain's happiest place - but Edinburgh the least happy, say researchers.

Facebook: The Movie - West Wing writer plans big screen story
Aaron Sorkin, who created The West Wing and wrote Charlie Wilson's War, is making a film about Facebook.

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We encourage appropriate and effective rural evangelism

This is the online home for the UK's national Rural Evangelism Network bringing together the most experienced evangelists, researchers writers and teachers on rural evangelism from across the Churches and mission agencies.

You can also discover more about Rural Sunrise, the rural mission consultancy that provides administrative services for the Network and sponsors this website.

Explore the links to all the key people active in rural mission and the ,main rural mission agencies in the UK, browse the regularly updated Helpful Ideas, and discover the resources that are available - some of which are free.

While there is much for a casual browser to find here, full access is only available to those who are registered users. Registering also gives opportunity to publish your own information and articles, and publicise forthcoming events. Registration costs just £10 per year. Members of REN and theology students are granted free access. If you are active in rural ministry or mission we would love to welcome you into this online community of people with a heart for sharing the good news with people in rural UK.