Staff Vacancies

Minister

This vacancy arises following the move of one of our ministers, to lead a church in Cambridge after more than ten years as part of the staff team at Christchurch. We remain open to applications, and invite you to get in touch if you want to explore this more.

We are a lively, biblically based, community-focussed church seeking to reach people who are not used to church and help them grow as disciples! Our dream is to see lives and communities throughout Welwyn Garden City transformed by God’s love. 

The role of a second pastor in the team is integral to the pastoral and missional leadership of Christchurch, working alongside the Senior Minister and as a member of the Leadership Team (Trustees). By agreement, the minister will be responsible for enabling aspects of the forward vision to become reality and be the pastoral lead for specific areas of ministry.

Person specification

  • Spiritually mature individual with leadership experience
  • Theologically trained 
  • Organisationally and administratively capable 
  • Able to enthuse and enable others
  • A good preacher, able to teach the Bible in ways that are accessible for people not used to church and applicable to our everyday lives
  • A team player with a willingness to learn
  • Experience of Youth, Children & Families ministry is desirable
  • Experience of ministry in a mid-large size church would be beneficial

Responsibilities

As well as sharing the pastoral responsibilities with the Senior Minister and supporting specific members of the Leadership Team, the Minister will be responsible for: 

  • Pastoral leadership of agreed areas of ministry (according to gifts and passion) e.g. Alpha, Seniors or Serving ministries
  • Enabling aspects of the vision moving forwards – for example, development of local community links, our digital presence or lead on specific projects
  • Line management of the Children & Families Ministry Leader and the Youth Ministry Leader.

Remuneration

Linked to BU scale plus housing (rented or allowance/leaseback) and pension provision

Please contact us if you’d like to talk to anyone about the post or application process!

More about the church. 

We currently operate from two sites, Parkway, the original church building, and Peartree, a refurbished office block, each about a 10 minute walk from the town centre.  We welcome an average Sunday morning congregation of 280 children & adults across the two sites with a current membership of 196. 

The congregation includes both families and many single people. Each age group is well-represented and there is a diverse ethnic mix. 

We are committed to serving God within the local community. We have a good reputation for ministry with children, young people and senior citizens and we cooperate actively with other local churches. The local council are very positive about the work we do. We have a relational approach to overseas mission support. We are a silver Ecochurch with ambitions for gold.

Our full church profile can be accessed here

Please send a completed application form with a covering letter by email to pastor@christchurchwgc.org.uk. In order that your application can be considered alongside those applying through the settlement process for accredited Baptist ministers, your letter should include concise details of the following:

  • why this position particularly appeals, 
  • how you came to Christ and what led you to ministry, 
  • what the personal highlights of your ministry have been, 
  • what you see as your strengths and your areas for development, 
  • what your key theological convictions are and how you seek to apply them to your ministry, 
  • how you see leadership and how this would be expressed in a team setting, 
  • what spiritual practices you follow and what leisure activities fill you.

Christchurch Baptist is committed to the nurturing, protection and safeguarding of all who come into contact with us, and a DBS Enhanced Check is required for this position.