Rector and Village Church Missioner

Benefice of the Cley Hill Villages

Location:

South West

Recruiter:

Salisbury Diocese

Ref: JN013618

We are looking for a parish priest who loves the rural church, with the imagination and collaborative skills to see smaller churches flourish in this beautiful setting. The appointment includes a promising new role within Heytesbury Deanery.

The benefice has two parishes with six churches, lying in small rural communities (total population c.3,000). We hope our new Rector will:

be a team leader, encouraging and developing lay ministries.
Work across the deanery to encourage smaller churches and the missional role of their historic buildings.
Be a kind and loving pastor.
Develop new forms of worship.
Engage with families, young people & our three primary schools.
Embrace and enjoy being part of the wider social life of our villages, to be a visible presence and sign of God’s love.

We offer:

Welcoming, willing and active communities.
A modern, four-bedroom Rectory in a pleasant village location.
Living in an area of outstanding natural beauty, with good road and rail links - situated halfway between the cities of Salisbury and Bath.

For a full parish profile and application form contact lynne.archer@salisbury.anglican.org

Diocesan website: www.salisbury.anglican.org

For an informal discussion please contact the Archdeacon of Sarum on 01722 438662

Closing date: 3rd June 2025

Shortlisting: 10th June 2025

Interviews: 25th and 26th June 2025

Closing date: 03 June 2025

Related jobs

Associate Vicar

St. Peter’s Farnborough

St. Peter’s Farnborough is a Charismatic Evangelical Church with a vision to see ‘every life transformed by Jesus’.

ref: JN013693

Two Team Vicars

for New Team in Semi-Rural North Essex

This is an exciting and unique opportunity for two full-time, stipendiary, ordained ministers to work alongside deanery colleagues, lay and ordained, in shaping a new approach to team ministry in beautiful coastal area within the Witham Deanery.

ref: JN013629

Priest-in-Charge - Initially Funded for 3 Years

Scottish Episcopal Church St Cuthbert’s, Cambuslang & St Mark’s, East Kilbride

Priest-in-Charge (initially funded for 3 years) extendable to 5 years if considered to be successful at 2.5 years review.

ref: JN012314

Ministry Area Leader

Taff Rhymney

We are looking for a MA Leader who can shape and strengthen a shared sense of identity and purpose whilst celebrating the history and heritage of each place.

ref: JN013638

Other jobs

Night Chaplain

to Hinkley Point C

Would you like to be part of a successful and expanding Chaplaincy in a distinctive and front-line environment, serving over 12,000 workers? You will offer spiritual and pastoral care and articulate a contemporary vision for faith and spirituality within a rapidly growing community on what is the largest construction site in Europe.

ref: JN013634

Vicar and Priest-in-Charge

Tidenham with Beachley and Lancaut and St Briavels with Hewelsfield and Brockweir Located within the Wye Valley Area of Natural Beauty and the Forest of Dean

The Bishop of Gloucester seeks to appoint a prayerful and collaborative priest to lead these vibrant and active sister benefices on the southwestern edge of the diocese.

ref: JN013254