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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Clare McCabe

‘I want it to have a future’: churches in rural Australia are struggling to keep the lights on

Minister of the Word, Daniel Mossfield stands by the cemetery near the small Uniting Church at Kialla
Minister of the Word, Daniel Mossfield stands by the cemetery near the small Uniting church at Kialla. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

It’s early March and the heat is stifling. People mill around on the pavement of the Uniting church in Crookwell waiting for their turn to enter but there’s only standing room left inside. It’s one of their own.

It’s the fourth funeral that the 32-year-old Rev Daniel Mossfield has taken in three weeks. The emotional toll and additional workload is “taxing”, he says. The other three funerals are for community members not a part of the congregation.

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