Rural Faith Workshop Series: May - October 2026

As part of our Rural Faith Initiative, the Center for Rural Strategies is excited to offer a monthly training series for faith leaders and allies to gather, connect, share knowledge, and learn a variety of skills that can help guide your community through moments of challenge and change. We welcome leaders and allies from across faith traditions.

We'll explore strategies for sharing stories, building relationships, navigating conflicts, facing loss, connecting with neighbors in and outside of the congregation, and growing faith communities into centers of community life. 

These trainings will happen on the 2nd Tuesday of each month from May through October, from 11:30-1:30 Eastern Time. You are welcome to join us for just one, or for all of them, and you are welcome to spread the word and share this opportunity with others. We look forward to gathering with you! Our first workshop is now open for registration.

Workshop 1: Leading Faith Communities Amidst Change

Tuesday, May 12
11:30-1:30 ET 
Register here

The faith landscape in the United States is changing in rapid and sometimes unsettling ways. Faith leaders across the country are facing a battery of challenges: how do we guide our communities through this larger cultural moment while at the same time dealing with fewer and fewer attendees at church and fewer dollars in the collection plate? We will explore strategies and tools for building a healthy community culture, navigating change, grieving what we may be leaving behind, and looking ahead to what might be next.