Associate Priest (House for Duty), Cherbury with Gainfield Benefice

Church of England; Abingdon; Remote; GBP 30,000 - 38,000; Part time

Job summary

The Benefice of Cherbury with Gainfield in Oxfordshire is seeking an Associate Priest for House for Duty: 2 days plus Sunday. You will join a supportive, good-humoured ministry team serving seven rural churches across one lovely corner of Oxfordshire, about ten miles south‑west of Oxford.

We value a prayerful, energetic and compassionate priest who understands rural multi‑parish life, enjoys garden gate conversations and village coffee mornings, and can nurture lay leadership across the seven

Qualifications

• Be a prayerful, energetic, compassionate priest.
• Understand joys and chaos of rural multi-parish life.
• Willing to join seven-church ministry team across Cherbury with Gainfield.

Job description

Associate Priest (House for Duty: 2 days plus Sunday)

Benefice of Cherbury with Gainfield, Oxfordshire

A kettle on the boil. Muddy boots by the door. Seven villages where people genuinely look out for each other. If that sounds like your kind of ministry, you may feel very much at home here.

We’re looking for a prayerful, energetic, compassionate priest who understands the joys (and occasional chaos) of rural multi‑parish life—and who wants to join a supportive, good‑humoured ministry team serving seven churches in one very lovely corner of Oxfordshire, ten miles south‑west of Oxford.

This is a place where faith runs deep (even when unspoken), where community really matters, and where the best pastoral encounters often happen over a garden gate or at a village coffee morning. We’d love to welcome a colleague who enjoys that kind of ministry as much as we do.

Interested?

We’d love to talk—informally, openly, no pressure.

Further information about the Diocese: https://www.oxford.anglican.org

Closing date: 8th November 2026 Interviews: 2nd December 2026

DBS Enhanced Disclosure required.

Because sometimes the best ministry really does happen with muddy boots and a warm mug in hand.