Hope for Rural Churches Conference - June 2026

Hope for Rural Churches Conference – Hope in a World of Change

Saturday 6 June 2026 from 09:30 am to 16:30 pm – at Putteridge Bury Conference Centre, Luton

Join us for a day of inspiration, discussion, workshops and worship. Open to anyone with a heart for their local rural church. We encourage parishes or benefices to attend as a group.

We are delighted that Sally Gaze, Archdeacon for Rural Mission in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and Dave Middlebrook, Archdeacon of Bedfordshire will be our keynote speakers.

All attendees will receive a free copy of Sally’s book, Mission-shaped and Rural (growing churches in the countryside): https://www.chpublishing.co.uk/books/9780715142806/mission-shaped-and-rural