Assistant Minister

Sydney Anglicans; Christchurch; Híbrido; NZD 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Housing provided

Salary commensurate with experience

Descripción de la vacante

Latimer Church Christchurch in Christchurch, NZ, is seeking a full-time Pastor/Ministry Leader to join our staff. The role will be shaped around the gifts and experience of the appointed person and may focus on Bible study leadership, evangelism, mission, or pastoral oversight, often a combination of these duties.

We seek a godly, gospel-hearted man with proven ministry experience, who will serve in a collaborative, shared-leadership staff.

Formación

• Bible teaching ability and preaching

Responsabilidades

• Lead mid-week Bible study groups and deepen Word and prayer life
• Oversee evangelism and mission initiatives across the church
• Provide pastoral oversight to a congregation as part of a shared leadership team
• Develop and release others to use their gifts in ministry

Conocimientos

Bible teaching

Leadership

Team collaboration

Evangelism/Mission

Pastoral care

Descripción del empleo

Latimer Church Christchurch
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Location type: On-Site
Date advertised: 2nd October 2026
Job Type: Full time, Permanent
Closing Date: ASAP

Our context

New Zealand is one of the most secular nations in the Western world. In the 2023 census, for the first time, more than half the population reported having no religion, while those identifying as Christian fell to under a third — part of a steady decline of roughly one percent every year.

As churches have shrunk and closed, too few gospel workers are being raised up to reach a country that needs Jesus: the harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Yet the gospel has lost none of its power, and many New Zealanders remain open to it.

Latimer belongs to the Church of Confessing Anglicans Aotearoa New Zealand, a diocese formed in 2019 to hold fast to the supreme authority of the Bible when the wider Anglican church departed from it. We are a small but confident and growing part of Christ's church, in a country that urgently needs to hear of Jesus — and we are praying for gospel-hearted leaders to join the work.

About Us

Latimer is a growing church of over 750 people gathering across four Sunday congregations in Christchurch, with one guiding vision: growing to the glory of God.

We hold the Bible as our supreme authority and are committed to the priority of the word and prayer, the equipping of every member for ministry, and reaching Christchurch and beyond with the good news of Jesus.

You will be joining a staff team of 10 (along with out ministry apprentices) who work collaboratively to equip, train, and empower our congregation to participate in the work of the gospel.

In late 2026 we move into a new purpose-built building in a new location — a significant moment as we seek to make and grow disciples of Jesus and raise up gospel workers for the years ahead.

The opportunity

We are looking for a full-time Pastor / Ministry Leader to join our staff team. This is a significant, church-wide role, and we will shape it around the gifts and experience of the person appointed.

Depending on your strengths, it could centre on leading our mid-week Bible study groups and deepening our life of Word and prayer; on leading evangelism and mission across the church; or on the pastoral oversight of a congregation — and often a combination of these. The precise shape will be worked out together with the Senior Minister.

The person we are looking for

Above all, we are looking for a godly, gospel-hearted man. You will be:

• A conservative, Reformed evangelical — committed to the supreme authority of Scripture and the priority of the ministry of the Word and prayer.
• A model of godly life and doctrine — prayerfully dependent on God, humble, servant-hearted, and generous in spirit.
• A Bible teacher – able to contribute to the preaching and teaching ministry of the church.
• A leader who develops others — someone who equips, trains, and releases people to use their gifts, rather than doing ministry alone.
• Outward-facing in vision — sharing our longing to see more people in Christchurch and beyond come to know Jesus.
• A collaborative team player — flexible and generous, able to work within a shared-leadership staff team.
• Experienced — with preferably three years’ full-time ministry experience, and able to articulate a clear ministry philosophy and understand their own fit and gifting.

Terms

Basis: Full-time (1.0 FTE), based in Christchurch, NZ.

Ordained applicants: Stipend and suitable housing provided in line with CCAANZ clergy policy.

Unordained applicants: Salary commensurate with experience and qualifications.

We warmly welcome expressions of interest from both ordained and unordained applicants. The appointment process differs slightly for each, and candidates will be treated according to their track.

For more information, or for details of the application process, please contact the Senior Minister James de Costobadie

We acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land upon which Anglican churches, schools and organisations meet and serve
from the Hawkesbury River south to Ulladulla and Sutton Forest, and west to the Blue Mountains and Lithgow.
We acknowledge and pay our respects to their elders, past, present and emerging,
and pray that God will unite us all in a knowledge of his Son, in whom all things were created.