Any nation that has weak and undeveloped rural communities finds it difficult to reach the height of its developmental strides. The success of any rural community development depends on the appropriate planning, implementation, utilization and sustenance of such values, to the individual and the community at large. Rural community social change encourages developmental programmes by making sure that it is carried out according to plans and the ways for improving the rural communities’ conditions in accordance to community values. The paper highlights the concept of community, development, rural community, community development values, social change and rural community development. Based on these, the paper makes some recommendation that education should be the first priority for rural community development and the government should invest enough in funding education. The rural community should be involved in the planning and implementation of any project/ programme of the rural community. The element of participation should be fulfilled because it is the key concept upon which community development is built.