JOBS | EVENTS | RESOURCES Kilmarnock Baptist Church Full-time Pastor We are a Gospel Church located in the commuter town of Kilmarnock, East Ayrshire. As a people we seek to be a community of believers who have a passion for Jesus, seeking the fullness of life in Jesus, and wishing to share the Gospel in our communities. We are currently in vacancy and are now actively seeking a new Pastor. If you feel that God may be calling you to lead our ministry in Kilmarnock, please see our profile document by following the below link for further information. www.kilmarnockbaptistchurch.com
Stoke Poges Free Church Trust invites applications for grants to support God’s work of evangelism in south Buckinghamshire/north east Berkshire. Can you answer “yes” to these 4 questions? 1. Does your organisation have a heart for outreach? 2. Do you long for support to be equipped or trained for evangelism or to spend more time directly involved in evangelism? 3. Are you located in or around south Buckinghamshire, or north east Berkshire? 4. Does your organisation have a conservative evangelical emphasis? If so, your organisation could be eligible for one of 2 grants of £15,000 each per annum. For further details apply by email to spfctrust@gmail.com
CHURCH PLANTING MINISTER We’re a local and growing reformed Anglican church working towards a church plant. We’re looking for an associate minister or curate to join our team, to oversee the preparation of the plant, and then with an assistant and a portion of the All Saints’ fellowship lead a new church plant or the rejuvenation of an existing Anglican church locally. We’re looking for someone who: • Has a deep and vibrant faith. • Has a passion to share the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to see people come to faith and grow as His disciples. • Has experience serving in a local church setting. • Is an ordained Anglican, or ordinand (though independents with experience would be considered) • Accommodation included and renumeration according to C of E stipendiary level. If you’d like to know more, check out our vision, and statement of faith here:
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LOVING JESUS AND SERVING OUR COMMUNITY We are seeking the man of God as our Pastor who shares our vision to bring the gospel to our community, who will be:
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We’re a local and growing Anglican church working towards a church plant. We’re looking to expand our team and train gospel workers. If you’d like to be a part of that here in Kent here’s what to expect:
Minister for Youth St Leonard’s is a thriving evangelical church in the centre of Exeter. We believe that the Bible and prayer are essential to the task of making disciples. We have a number of families and wish to appoint a full time Minister for Youth to serve in this vital area of ministry.
• Training in Bible teaching through the Sussex gospel partnership or the Cornhill Training Course • Experience the range of local church ministries, youth, children’s, evangelistic events, Christianity Explored, small group Bible studies. • Oversight and regular 1-2-1 with a member of the leadership team • Accommodation, course fees and small grant. • 1 or 2 year position
Responsibilties: • Overseeing the youth ministry (for ages 11-18 yrs) throughout the year in a variety of settings, to enable children to know Christ and start to grow as Christ’s disciples. • Working closely with families encouraging their discipleship of their children. • Developing, training and leading a team of volunteers in this area of service who can teach God’s Word to children with passion and conviction. • Developing a wider ministry amongst families to enable them to be brought to Christ and grow in maturity in Christ. • Reaching out with the gospel to those with children in our area through ministry at schools. • Supervising and training Ministry Associates serving within the youth ministry.
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There is an occupational requirement that the post-holder be a Christian. The salary will be in line with the stipend of a curate on the Exeter Diocesan Scale, a non-contributory pension will be in place and suitable accommodation will be provided. For full job description and application form please contact: Maureen Venning, Church Manager, St Leonard’s Church, Topsham Road, Exeter EX2 4NG Maureen.venning@stleonards.church Deadline for applications 12th July 2021, Interviews 19th July 2021
Applicants will be those with a passion for Jesus Christ, a desire to share the gospel and see people grow in faith. They will have some experience serving in their local church or CU. For more information contact: admin@allsaintsloose.org.uk
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IN A WORLD OF CONSTANT CHANGE, ONE THING REMAINS STABLE A lot has changed in the last few decades. A lot has changed in the last few months! Some change is gradual. For instance, there are now almost a quarter of a million electric cars on Britain’s roads—compared with just a few thousand a decade ago— with the government aiming to have phased out sales of new petrol and diesel cars completely by 2035. Other times, our world has been turned on its head in a moment. Most of us can remember where we were when we heard the UK prime minister speak those stomach-churning words in March 2020: “You must stay at home”. The up-anddown, back-and-forth Covid regulations since then have led to many a hastily changed plan. Sometimes change bewilders us. To begin with, it was hard remembering a mask every time we set foot outside our front doors. Now it is second nature. But, if we’re honest, many of us fear what will change next and how we’ll adapt. That’s why it’s as vital as ever that we remember and celebrate this simple truth: the word of God does not change. It is always true, always good, always relevant to our lives. What a comfort that is! 1. The word of God is always true As our culture’s values continue to shift— and as yesterday’s heroes become today’s villains—we can rejoice that God’s word is always true. It tells us how it really is, and why it really is. It shows us right and wrong, good and evil, wisdom and folly. “In your light we see light” (Psalm 36 v 9). Sometimes that’s painful; but always that’s what we need. When it comes to the fundamentals, we’re not left groping around for a way forward, hoping that whatever solution we’ve come up with will work. No, God, in his grace, has revealed
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Church Planter or Trainee Planter Ministry Assistants 2021-2022 We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity for Ministry Assistants to serve on our staff team starting in September 2021. The post is ideally suited to someone who wants to experience and explore full-time gospel ministry but is open to all, and especially to someone who would like to be involved in understanding day-to-day gospel ministry within the local church. You can expect to be: • involved in Bible-teaching ministry, either with children and young people or students (there will be some crossover). Your line manager will be the minister in the area of ministry you focus on. • trained in Bible-teaching ministry, on the Peninsula Gospel Partnership training course. • a servant of Bible-teaching ministry, helping with practical and administrative work. The terms will be a full-time contract for 37 hours per week on the minimum wage. You will be expected to pay for and find your own accommodation. For further details, please contact St Leonard’s church office 01392 286992 or email maureen.venning@stleonards.church
Grace Church Boroughbridge would like to recruit a church planter or trainee planter to work with us long-term to reach North Yorkshire, one of the least evangelised counties of England. Our vision is to see communities of light scattered across the villages and towns between the Yorkshire Dales and the North Yorkshire Moors National Parks. We’re looking for someone with a vision for pioneer gospel work and a love for the local church. Support and training is available for less experienced applicants.
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Please get in touch for an informal conversation with Ed Moll (01278 423647 ed@sgw.org.uk ) or Emma McFaul (01278423468 minco@sgw.org.uk) Further information including Job Descriptions and Application form available from Emma McFaul (see above).
The Christian Institute is a registered charity, committed to promoting historic, biblical Christianity in the public arena. Candidates for the posts will be Christians who are highly motivated to apply biblical principles to the family, the world of work and public policy. The roles demand considerable commitment. Each post will be based at the Institute’s headquarters in Newcastle upon Tyne. Please contact The Christian Institute for more details. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on Tuesday, 7 September 2021. Interviews will take place in late September/October 2021. The Christian Institute, Wilberforce House, 4 Park Road, Gosforth Business Park, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE12 8DG 0191 281 5664 judi.coulson@christian.org.uk
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In all this, we’re looking for someone with a passionate desire to build a broader team of students, staff and supporters; to deepen our engagement with them for the sake of vital mission on campuses across Ireland. And someone with a vision to multiply themselves and our media output through others rather than do it all themselves.
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Candidates will be organised, computer literate, able to communicate effectively and able to implement administrative procedures. The successful candidate will need to be able to apply their Christian faith to the questions raised by the many telephone callers and correspondents who contact us each year.
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Do you have the skills & experience to present Christianity faithfully in the classroom?
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Salary £30k+ appropriate to experience.
There are currently 3 roles within Insight which we are seeking to appoint. So come! Be a part of this amazing opportunity to share Jesus Christ with our children and help us to continue this great work. Applicants should have Qualified Teacher Status. There is a genuine occupational requirement for these roles to be filled by committed Christians. We reserve the right to invite for an interview and appoint workers at any time. More information from insightinkingston.com/vacancies
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We’re looking for a Communications Project Manager. Will you join our senior leadership team to help us tell stories of God at work in the student world, and produce vital training resources for students?
COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER The successful candidate will have excellent written skills and be able to communicate the work of the Institute to the general public in a clear, concise and informative manner. The post involves giving a Christian perspective on the news for multiple formats quickly and accurately. Awareness of current affairs is essential.
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Insight is a Christian Schools Work Trust sponsored by 11 local evangelical churches. Established in 1989, we now deliver Christian assemblies, lessons & clubs in over 50 schools. Every year, thousands of children come to a local church for events at Christmas, Easter and Y6-7 transition. We have, at present, a team of four fully qualified teachers who provide valued support to local schools including some INSET training. Insight works with our partner churches and volunteers to host 14 Bible clubs every week. We create faithful, excellent quality, Christian resources for teachers to use in class including online films.
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highly accurate and with good communication skills. Applicants must be able to analyse, evaluate and summarise from a biblical perspective information from a wide variety of sources, including statistical data. Those with expertise in law, medicine or statistics may be at an advantage. A start date in 2022 can be considered.
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with a ministry mind-set able to support the church’s main mission of making Jesus known. The main focus of this role is on communication and coordination.
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We’re seeking to recruit someone organised to join the admin team. While the role will involve covering the day-to-day functions of the church, we are also keen to make the most of applicants’ individual gifts and interests which could include events, AV & tech, social media or another area of need in our church.
You may come with Communications experience. But we are more interested in finding someone with the right instincts and a desire to work through others. We need someone who can energise and work with a broad range of suppliers and volunteers – eg writers, designers, editors, digital and social media coordinators, videographers – to produce the resources you think we need.
The candidate we’re seeking will: be a committed Christian and cheerful servant have experience in administration and ideally either database or website management have strong organisational skills, initiative, flexibility and ability to multi-task be fully part of the church family (Sunday services, prayer meetings etc) You’d be joining a team of ten staff plus interns and a church family who are a joy to serve as we seek to reach people for Christ and build each other up in the faith.
You will be part of a strategic ministry that will impact the lives of students today, build the church, challenge our culture, reach this island, and awaken the world with the life-changing news of Christ crucified. You will need to have: » A vibrant relationship with Jesus Christ » A commitment to gospel ministry and evangelism amongst students » An ability to bring change, lead, and be a self-starter » Experience of managing suppliers and working with others to achieve your strategic goals If you think that God may be prompting you or someone you know to explore this, we’d be delighted to send you more information and an application pack. Please contact Sally by email (sally@cui.ie), phone (+44 28 9066 7672) or via the web (www.cui.ie).
Terms: 40 hours/week; Salary: £25-32,000 p/a. Start: Sept/Oct 2021 Closing date: 31 July 2021
The closing date for receipt of all applications is 5pm on Thursday 29 July 2021.
For more information contact: Sharon Walsh (Operations Manager) Christ Church Mayfair, 7 Down Street, London, W1J 7AJ; sharon@christchurchmayfair.org
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