Church Planter

Main Duties and Responsibilities Leadership Responsibilities

• Raising, empowering and leading a team to initiate and then lead the plant at P&P
• Planting and establishing a new worshipping congregation at P&P.
• Seeking the Lord for vision and direction and communicating and delivering this ongoing vision for P&P
• Helped by the vicar of St John’s, recruiting, deploying and managing staff
• Leading and preaching at P&P, including the new planted congregation and the existing parish Eucharist (for which there will be additional clergy support)
• Taking a leading role in the emerging governance structure for the church, with a view to becoming Priest in Charge, in due course

• Developing discipleship programme / structure for the adult membership
• Developing and overseeing small group network, including recruitment, training and supervision of leaders
• Developing and overseeing a pastoral team to care for both the new and the existing congregations
• Encouraging the entire church to take on a lifestyle of everyday missionary discipleship including a commitment to one another
• Dealing with pastoral situations
• Developing appropriate missional activities inside and outside of the church building with clear pathways to discipleship

• Developing a leadership pipeline to identify, train, mentor and develop current and new leaders across a range of ministries, including for potential ordained ministry and future church planters
• Delivering training courses and appropriate learning spaces
• Recruiting, line managing and developing ministry staff & wider volunteer team

• Overall responsibility for the management of P&P working with newly formed shared Operations Team
• Budget holding for P&P finances
• Overseeing the refurbishment, development and maintenance of church facilities
• Ensuring smooth running of administration of the church

• Lead occasional offices including preparation and follow-up visits
• Attend various deanery and area clergy and other meetings, taking a full part in the wider life of the diocese
• Lead and teach at services and meetings at both P&P and St John’s, as required

Final date to receive applications for this post is Friday 23rd and Wednesday 11th March.