Tools for Leaders
All the items on this page are for your free use, please use the links below.
Pastoral Matters
Advice and help for all church leaders.
1. Life without a pastor
2. Pastoral Search Questionnaire
3. Appointing a pastor
4. Assessing a potential pastor
5. What a potential pastor should know
6. Terms of appointment
7. Who cares about the pastor
8. What if things go wrong?
Church and Community Surveys
Questions to help a church understand its community and those who attend the church. Click here
Financial Practices
Guideline on how to establish financial review practices for your church.
Click here
Managing the change process
How to engage with all in the process of change. Click here
Model Constitution
Rural Ministries have been working with the Charity Commission and HMRC to have an approved model constitution. The model constitution is now available and has been added to the Charity Commissions list of approved models. Available to partner churches only this can be used when applying for charity status. Subject to a donation towards its use, it is supplied with guidance notes from the Rural Ministries office.
What Future for our Church?
Questions that can be used for both information gathering and assisting discussion. Click here
If you have any suggestions on topics that may be useful to the rural church please let us know. Contact us.