The benefice is situated in the very pleasant semi-rural village community of Coven located in South Staffordshire.

We are an inner city church with a small congregation but a desire to grow and be more effective in bringing people to a real faith and serving the community. We have a good modern church and associated rooms, a willing congregation, a recently appointed full-time outreach worker, no financial worries, and an attractive vicarage.

The church is lively and active. It has grown a contemporary worship service attracting younger families and children alongside its traditional service, and is committed to seeing both flourishing and growing. The PCC will welcome a priest who will lead the growth of the church by developing fresh approaches to every-member ministry, with clergy and lay together, in line with the emerging strategy of this young Diocese.

Priest-in-Charge for the Benefice of Broughton with Bossington and Houghton and Mottisfont and The Test Valley Benefice; Rector Designate for the proposed Mid-Test Benefice