The Diocese of Coventry is recruiting two Associate Ministers, fully funded at incumbent level with housing, for time limited periods. One post is at St Laurence, in Coventry and the other is in Bedworth. This is part of an exciting and adventurous mission strategy to see healthy churches propagate, plant, or graft 150 new worshipping communities over the next ten years.
We are seeking colleagues from a breadth of traditions who fit the following person specification:
- Self-starter who is good team player, but also has the skills and an ability to take on individual responsibility for key church growth projects.
- Has experience in leadership in a missional church.
- Teaching, enabling and facilitating in evangelism, everyday faith.
- Experience of leading or responsibility in a church plant, fresh expression or re-imagining the mission of the local church.
- Comfortable to work in a breadth of tradition to resource contextual mission.
- Engaging preaching and communication.
- Experience of developing and leading digital church services.
St Laurence are a community called to worship God, grow as disciples of Jesus and transform the communities of North Coventry in love.
We wish to appoint an Associate Minister to work with the church and local leaders to grow opportunities in the following areas:
Developing Leaders - lay & ordained
New Worshipping Communities - reaching new people
Sustaining Healthy Growth - healthy and holistic cultures
Communicating Faith - in person and through digital innovation
Transforming Communities - especially in low income areas
We want Jesus to be at the centre of all who we are and all that we do. Our worship style is contemporary charismatic, rooted in both our catholic & evangelical heritage.
We are called to live as an extended family where everyone is welcomed – with a particular emphasis on reaching and connecting with families, children & young people.
We shape our lives towards God’s call to be a missionary people - to share the good news of the gospel through our words & actions, especially towards the hurting, the broken and the lost.
We partner with our local schools and Coventry Foodbank in running the Hope Hub.
The new Associate Minister at St Laurence’s would join a vibrant and committed team who serve the life of the church, to help strengthen our capacity to resource other churches (local & networked). This post is fully funded for an initial period of four years.
Informal conversations very welcome with the Archdeacon Missioner, Ven Barry Dugmore, on 07487 578311 (Barry.Dugmore@Coventry.Anglican.org); or
Vicar of St Laurences, Rev Gareth Irvine, on 07743932759 (Gareth@StLaurences.org)
Closing Date for Applications: Noon Friday 15 September
Interviews: 10 & 11 October
Bedworth is a town located 5 miles north of Coventry. The town has a population of 32000 and the parish covers the town. There are two churches in the parish. The larger church in the town centre is All Saints, and a smaller church, St. Andrew’s. All Saint’s is a lively growing church with a variety of ages meeting across three Sunday congregations. St. Andrew’s is a small church mainly comprising of an elderly congregation with a range of new projects underway to enable it to grow and become part of the community again.
Our vision is that over the next 10 years every person in Bedworth has the opportunity to have the good news of Jesus presented & demonstrated to them. We want to do this by planting churches and missional communities across our parish.
We are looking for an Associate Vicar that can work within the predominantly evangelical charismatic theology of the parish, who enjoys motivating a large team to plant & grow new worshipping communities & who lives life to the full. This post is fully funded for an initial; period of five years.
The post holders will help grow a new network to resource mission across the diocese that will grow confidence in evangelism, living out everyday faith, and releasing the potential to found new churches covering a variety of expressions and traditions.
Responsibilities will include: facilitating learning for faith sharing, growth in everyday discipleship, enabling and growing Fresh Expressions, Pioneering support, lay enabling/mentoring, schools ministry, developing mission amongst young adults, and helping churches to start new worshipping communities (church plants). Ongoing training and support in all these areas will be offered by the Diocesan central team
Informal conversations very welcome with the Archdeacon Missioner, Ven Barry Dugmore, on 07487 578311 (Barry.Dugmore@Coventry.Anglican.org); or
Closing Date for Applications: Noon Friday 8 September
Interviews: 3 & 4 October
How to apply for the job
For further information and an application form Current Vacancies - Diocese of Coventry (anglican.org)