Professor Michael Winter one of the keynote speakers at Faith & the Future of the Countryside Conference

Professor Michael Winter was one of the keynote speakers at Faith & the Future of the Countryside Conference, Swanwick, Derbyshire, 3-5 November.

Michael spoke at this major ecumenical conference exploring the sustainability of rural communities and their churches, and making recommendations for their future.

This event will also mark 20 years from the publication of Faith in the Countryside and the completion of the Archbishop’s Commission on Rural Areas. Four conference themes of rural communities, economy, environment and rural church reflect the breadth of issues covered in the original report.

Date: 1 November 2010