Come with heavenly curiosity, faith and hope, to join a cluster of parishes
seeking to make real their faith in Jesus through word and action.
Come with wisdom, kindness and courage,
to help lead and enable the deanery through a season of change.
THE IDEAL CANDIDATE
This is a rare opportunity for an experienced priest with keen pastoral gifts, strategic leadership capabilities, and a ministry of enabling others, to shape an emerging benefice and take up a commission as Rural Dean. This cluster of parishes is on a journey to become a new benefice with a newly created parish in north Launceston. The vision of the deanery is to ‘grow the church through new Christians and grow the current lay congregations into positions of leadership, whilst simplify administrative systems to reduce burden.’
Thus we are seeking someone who will:
- Love God and love people and seek to bring the two together;
- Offer wisdom and experience to the new pattern of oversight and local ministry, further developing a cohesive and collaborative way of working across the parishes.
- Contribute experience of enabling growth and will invest in developing leaders, lay and
- Bring strategic leadership, taking on the role of Rural Dean (for an initial term of 3 years) as the deanery learns new ways of working.
WE OFFER:
- A diverse cluster of parishes in welcoming communities, ready to embrace a new chapter of parish life;
- The beauty of rural villages, glorious moorland and market town – the gateway to Cornwall;
- A support package including administration, house for duty colleague, and development programme for the Strategic Rural Dean element of the role;
- A diocese committed to clergy wellbeing and development.
We understand that this is an unusual role and you might like to explore it further by having a conversation with us. For an informal conversation, please contact the Archdeacon of Bodmin: archdeacons@truro.anglican.org
APPLICATION PROCESS
For further information and details please click the 'apply for this job' button below.
Closing Date: 3rd February at 12noon
Parish Visit: 18th February
Interviews: 19th February
Part of the process will include a vocational conversation that will take place online between short-listing and the interview in the week beginning.
The appointment is subject to enhanced disclosure from the DBS
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