Introduction to the role
Role
- Pioneer Minister
Location
- Loves Farm & Wintringham, St Neots East, Cambridgeshire - an area of new housing for 10,000 people. Many already built, more houses to come.
About Us
- We are a vibrant and growing church community in St Neots, seeking a passionate and innovative Pioneer Minister to lead our outreach and ministry efforts.
- We are committed to reaching out to the unchurched, building relationships, and fostering spiritual growth within our local community. We've been here for nearly 10 years: praying, worshipping, serving and calling others into our community.
Our Vision
- As a church we meet at the heart of our community and seek to have the community at the heart of the church. Three key words express what we hope for as a church on Love’s Farm and Wintringham: community, encounter and discipleship.
- Community is really important to us, both the one that gathers on a Sunday morning and the wider Love’s Farm and Wintringham community of which we are a part.
- Encounter matters because we believe faith is not the absence of doubt but something much more dynamic, involving relationship and journey. Faith is not something we either have or don’t have; it’s a journey that we’re on and a relationship we’re in.
- Discipleship: Jesus invites us to become his disciples. When we gather, we try to work out what following Jesus looks like – learning to live, love, walk, and work like he did.
- This is our story so far – and we know there are chapters still to be written. But it’s not ‘our’ story alone because it belongs to whoever becomes a part of this ‘community – encounter – discipleship’ journey that we’re on!
Would you like to join us?
About the Role
- To consolidate and grow our Breakfast Church Sunday morning congregation through intergenerational worship, and take a leading role in identifying, facilitating and delivering other ways of worshipping as a community and church.
- Embedding our identity as a new Local Ecumenical Partnership into our structures and processes, so that we can continue to grow and flourish as a church.
- Strengthening and developing the Leadership Team, supporting them to grow as Christians and nurturing others as they are step up into new roles.
- Recognising the importance of promoting the inclusive culture of Love’s Farm Church as a respectful environment, in which everyone is welcome and faith can be explored.
- Equipping and enabling all members of the church to grow as disciples and make more disciples, providing opportunities for exploring faith and discipleship.
- To foster a culture of stewardship and giving amongst the membership.
- To be a strong pastoral and evangelistic presence and mediator of the Gospel message in the locality of Love’s Farm and Wintringham.
What We're Looking For
- Demonstratable mature and deep Christian faith; love of, and faith in, the God of mission; and reliance on the guiding and gifts of the Holy Spirit.
- Motivated self-starter with a flexible attitude, demonstrating enthusiasm, resilience, tenacity and a sense of fun.
- An entrepreneurial and pioneering mindset, able to identify opportunities for developing new practices, ministries and partnerships.
- Ability to work with, and come alongside, people of a variety of different ages and backgrounds, both within and outside a church context
- Strong commitment to ecumenical working and proven experience of pioneering alongside ecumenical partners.
To Apply
- If you are passionate about making a difference in your community and are ready to embrace the challenge of pioneering ministry, we encourage you to apply.
- Deadline for Applications: 6 May 2025 (Applications close at noon).
- Interviews w/c: 19 May
- Role Description & Parish Profile - click here
- 2025 Equality monitoring form - LFC - click Here
- Application Form (Pioneer Minister - Loves Farm - St Neots) - click here
- For an Informal discussion please feel free to speak to either the oversight minister, Janet Sutton on Tel: 07976 273224 or our Archdeacon Ven Richard Harlow on Tel: 07415 757527.
- To apply for this post download the Application form and return it to Richard Harlow by email: archdeacon.handw@elydiocese.org
A Diverse and Inclusive Workforce: The Diocese of Ely is committed to creating and sustaining a diverse and inclusive workforce which represents our context and wider community. We are aware that those of Global Majority Heritage/United Kingdom Minority Ethnic (GMH/UKME), women, and disabled people are currently under-represented among our clergy and workforce, and we particularly encourage applications from those with the relevant skills and experience that will increase this representation.
The Diocese of Ely is committed to safer recruitment practices for people working or volunteering with children and adults and therefore this position is subject to an enhanced disclosure from the DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service).