We are looking for a priest who is excited about bringing the Gospel to our Benefice in a way that nurtures all that is currently good and will bring new ideas to complement and extend our mission to this historic town.

This Benefice, comprising the parishes of St Mary the Virgin, Dallington and Northampton St James, was created in 2017 and has a population of 13,000. Churchmanship is ‘central’. Northampton Saints RFC was founded by a curate of St James and Franklin’s Gardens is just a short walk from the church. Dallington parish is in the top 6% of the most deprived areas in the country. There are challenges and opportunities with the promise of plenty of support from the church family.

The Diocese of Manchester is establishing a project that will provide discipleship pathways for children and young people in Bolton in line with diocesan objectives to ‘grow the Church younger’. As part of the ‘Children Changing Places’ project we are looking to appoint several posts: