The phrase "rural parishes" refers to small, countryside areas or communities that are organized into specific districts for administrative or religious purposes. Full definition
My role as a non-Indian, a Lutheran pastor and a Western - trained psychotherapist was first challenged years ago while I was working and living with a number of Chippewas, members of my first rural parish in northern Michigan. (religion-online.org)
The Wesleys were sons of a clergyman of the Church of England who had a difficult rural parish. (religion-online.org)
In his own words, he was «pleasantly free of the crisis urgency that managed to infect Lutheranism even in the most innocent and rural parishes.» (firstthings.com)