Vicar at St John’s, Leyland

New Wine; Leyland; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

St John’s Leyland in Leyland, Lancashire, invites applications for the post of Vicar. St John’s is a welcoming evangelical church in the north of Leyland, within the Diocese of Blackburn.

This is a full-time post for a single parish benefice with a dedicated leadership team and licensed colleagues, lay and ordained. The Vicar will lead in prayer, biblical teaching and pastoral care, and will be mission-focused, empowering leadership within a diverse congregational setting.

Job description

St John Leyland Leyland, England, United Kingdom

Description of Job

The Diocese of Blackburn and CPAS together with the Vicar of St Andrew’s Leyland invite applications for the post of Vicar at St John’s, Leyland

St John’s is a welcoming and friendly evangelical church in the north of Leyland, a town with excellent amenities and transport links in the heart of the Diocese of Blackburn, Lancashire. This is a full-time post for a single parish benefice, with a dedicated leadership team that includes licensed colleagues, lay and ordained. Prayer and biblical teaching are foundational to everything we do.

Our vision is to:

• Live
• Loving Jesus
• Knowing Jesus
• Sharing Jesus

As a single, mutually supportive church family, we worship as three distinctive congregations (meeting at 10.30am and 4pm on a Sunday and 2pm on a Wednesday), which are united in purpose but serve the needs of people in different circumstances and age groups.

We are praying for a Vicar who is:

• Deeply prayerful and led by the Holy Spirit
• Faithful to Scripture and able to teach it clearly and engagingly
• Relational and pastoral, valuing all people equally
• Mission-focussed, with a heart for reaching the unreached
• Empowering in leadership style

In line with our diocesan year of prayer for growth and renewal, we are asking God to bring about growth in spiritual depth, in numbers and in service to our local community in this mixed socio-economic suburban setting.

Is God calling you to come and join us, to lead our willing team and congregations in pursuing this vision, as we discern together what God has for us in this next season?

Closing date for applications: 12noon Thursday 20th November.

Informal visit / interviews: 9/10 December.

As part of our commitment to safer recruitment, this post is subject to enhanced DBS disclosure.