Rector with oversight responsibilities

Welcome to a group of parishes ready for a new season  and in need of a Rector with the gifts and graces to lead change, think strategically, enable lay ministry, and help the church to be present to each community.

 WE OFFER:

• Wild scenic coastland and beautiful village communities;
• Places of local and historic interest on the doorstep;
• Churches already considering the future shape of benefice life;
• A spacious Rectory on the coast between Boscastle and St Isaac;
• A supportive deanery ‘college’ of clergy and lay leaders;
• A diocese committed to clergy wellbeing and development.

 THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

We are seeking someone who will:

• Focus on sustainability and fruitfulness, helping the benefice to regain a firm footing for the future;
• Offer collaborative and strategic leadership that helps the parishes to explore new structures and ways of being;
• Help to reinvigorate the benefice, finding opportunities for celebration, community engagement and outreach;
• Enable the further discernment and development of lay ministry, identifying gifts and investing in new leaders;
• Provide greater opportunities for us to grow as disciples and increased connectivity with the wider deanery.

APPLICATION PROCESS

• Closing Date: 22^nd April at 12noon
• Shortlisting:  28^th April
• Parish Visit:  13^th May
• Interviews:    14^th May

Part of the process will include a vocational conversation that will take place online between short-listing and the interview 

The appointment is subject to enhanced disclosure from the DBS

For an informal conversation, please contact the Archdeacon of Bodmin: archdeacons@truro.anglican.org

For more information and to apply please visit the Pathways site: https://www.cofepathways.org/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=8317

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