Is God calling you to our growing commuter-belt market town in South Essex?

The Lamp Group of parishes wish to appoint an Interim Priest-in-Charge to lead its four churches towards the proposed reorganisation of the Newport Deanery, preparing the benefice for its ministry and mission in the years to come.

Four parishes located in the beautiful Chew Valley, close to Bristol and Bath,

The National Ministry team is one of the teams of the Archbishops’ Council of the Church of England. It serves the dioceses and the bishops by providing advice and consultancy on ministry, overseeing a national process of discernment for candidates and quality assurance of their training, and supporting dioceses in their strategic planning for ministry. Its vision is for transforming ministry for mission and growth and its values are based in working collaboratively to offer a constructive, professional and expert service to the dioceses.