The Bishop of Birmingham wishes to appoint an Associate Vicar — Discipleship Pastor (Plants & Locations) to provide spiritual and pastoral oversight for discipleship strategy across Birmingham, St Luke’s Gas Street and associated churches.
We are looking for someone who can bring particular focus to developing leaders and teams for existing Gas Street locations as well as future plants, revitalisations and other missional activity.
To view the Candidate Brief please click here
For the role description please click here
Informal conversations about the role are welcomed ; please contact Lizzy.Bridgman@gasstreet.church who will arrange this with one of the Gas Street clergy.
The post holder will be appointed as an Office Holder under Common Tenure Regulations 2009. The role is initially funded for 4 years through national DIP funding. It is hoped that in the future funding will be made available for the post to become permanent.
A Diocesan Profile for this post should be read prior to submitting an application, this is available from the Office & Site Manager to The Bishop of Birmingham, Chris Booth who can be emailed on ChrisB@cofebirmingham.com.
To apply please click here
Closing date: Sunday (midnight) 15th March 2026
Interviews: To be arranged
The Church of England Birmingham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are expected to share this commitment. All appointments to roles undertaking regulated activity are subject to pre-appointment checks, including a references and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check.