A warm welcome awaits from a group of parishes with a great spirit of hospitality and fellowship.

Rector for The United Benefice of Astbury St Mary and Smallwood St John the Baptist on the Cheshire, Peak District border

The Benefice is situated in the idyllic, rolling West Suffolk countryside close to Sudbury and historic Lavenham with a four-bedroom family home in Monks Eleigh at the centre of the Benefice.

In the Church of England, Birmingham, we seek to shape ministry for a changing church and world. We’re creating six new deaneries, each with a full -time stipendiary Area Dean.