Team Rector (full-time) and Team Vicar (half-time) for the Bexley Team Ministry

Description:

The Bexley Team Ministry comprises St John's Bexley, St Mary's Bexley, St Barnabas Joydens Wood, and St James North Cray.  These four parishes lie within the Sidcup Deanery in the London Borough of Bexley, from historic and suburban Bexley Village to the more semi-rural areas of Joydens Wood and North Cray.  The local area is mainly made up of privately owned residential homes, but also benefits from Bexley High Street with its shops and restaurants and Bexley railway station.

All four churches are known as friendly, welcoming and inclusive places, demonstrating a living faith that shows God's love for His people.  Each church has its own PCC and distinctive style and tradition.
The successful applicants will need to work collaboratively and build relationships within a committed team of ordained and lay people.

Main Responsibilities

The Team currently has one full-time Team Vicar (based at St John's Bexley), and a part-time Associate Priest who works across the Team.

The new Team Rector will need to be an experienced and enthusiastic leader who can work with and build upon what is good, offering oversight to each of the churches, supporting and strengthening the Team identity and values, and leading in its vision and mission.   

The Team Vicar (half-time) will need to be pastoral and engaging, willing to serve across the Team and hold responsibility for a specific area of ministry which will be decided based on the skills/passions of the Team members.

It is expected that members of the Team will work across all the parish boundaries.
 

The Ideal Candidate

Our next Team Rector will be someone who:

• Is visionary and strategic, with experience of leading change and enabling Teams to flourish.  Can strengthen the Team's identify and values, while recognising the distinctiveness of the four churches.
• Is an enabler, recognising potential in people; happy to delegate, encourage and nurture others to grow in their gifts and vocation.
• Has a strong, passionate faith and prayer life, with a heart for mission and growth.
• Is a good communicator and preaches the Gospel in a way that is accessible to all.
• Has experience of growing work with schools, young people and families.
• Will be a visible, friendly presence across our churches and communities.
• Has strong administrative and organisational skills, and experience of managing and leading change.

Our new Team Vicar will be someone who:

• Is committed to collaborative ministry and willing to serve across the Team.
• Has a pastoral nature and a warm and engaging manner.
• Has a strong, passionate faith and prayer life, with a heart for mission and growth.
• Is a good communicator and preaches the Gospel in a way that is accessible to all.
• Is enthusiastic about growing work with schools, young people and families.
• Will  be a visible, friendly presence across our churches and communities.

There is a range of services provided across the Team to suit all ages and preferred worship style.  Further details about the Team and churches can be found in the accompanying Parish Profile.

The Team Rector will live in the Vicarage adjacent to St Barnabas Church.  It is a spacious 4-bed detached property, built in the 1970s and is in a good state of repair, and located close to playing fields and woodlands.

The Team Vicar will live in a modern, detached 4-bed property less than 10 minutes walk from St Mary's Church.  The house is in a good state of repair and situated in a pleasant residential community.
 

For an informal discussion with the Archdeacon of Bromley & Bexley, The Ven Allie Kerr, about this post, please contact her EA, Fiona Porter, by emailing fiona.porter@rochester.anglican.org

The wider a group’s diversity, the smarter, wiser, and more compassionate and creative its decision making becomes. We are committed to achieving diversity throughout our Diocese by seeking UKME/GMH colleagues and those from a wide-range of backgrounds, to help us create a culture of inclusion and belonging.