Details of paid and unpaid vacancies around the Vineyard movement in the UK & Ireland.
Please note that candidates must respond directly to the church who is advertising the post, not to VCUKI.
Senior Pastor
Bognor Vineyard Church
Role: Senior Pastor
Location: Bognor Regis, West Sussex
Pension: A staff pension with an employer contribution is provided in this role
Salary: £34-38K depending on experience, pro-rata for part-time.
Hours of Work: Full time
Start Date: As soon as possible, date to be mutually agreed
Applications Close: February 21st 2025
Bognor Vineyard Church is growing a welcoming, transformative, supernatural and compassionate church community pursuing God’s heart for the Bognor Regis area.
Bognor Vineyard is located on the south coast of the UK in Bognor Regis, and people call us home as far as Selsey to the west, Worthing to the east, and Chichester to the north. We were planted by Portsmouth Vineyard in 1999 and meet in schools and community centres in the Bognor area. We currently have around 50 people attending Sunday morning services. We have our own building in the centre of town for admin, prayer, worship and outreach in addition to two flats, which we rent out.
Our passion is to:
• love people into a relationship with Jesus
• continue to be scripture-led, founded on prayer and worship
• be a welcoming, open and child-friendly family, loving those who see this church as their ‘landing place’ so that they feel they belong
• provide innovative opportunities for engagement with the local community, including young families and children
• continue to be known for our compassion, where our community is transformed with hope-filled generosity
Find out more about us at: www.bognorvineyard.org.uk
Job Summary
We are seeking to appoint a Senior Pastor or Senior Pastors who share our heart to continue growing a welcoming, transformative, supernatural and compassionate church community pursuing God’s heart for the Bognor Regis area. We are open to appointing an individual or a couple to the role of Senior Pastor(s). If a couple applies, we will explore at interview how each person’s employment would be structured. The ideal candidate will be passionate about adopting a hands-on approach to building on our heritage and seeking God’s heart and vision for us with authenticity and humility.
Next Steps
For full details, person spec and instructions on how to apply, please contact Gaby Sartin (Chair of the Trustees) at: [email protected]
Please apply by February 21st 2025.
Youth Pastor
Sutton Vineyard
Are You Passionate About Inspiring The Next Generation?
Sutton Vineyard is seeking a dedicated Youth Pastor to nurture and guide our young people in their spiritual journey. This is a unique opportunity to join a church committed to making a lasting impact in the lives of young people in our borough.
While the role begins as a three-day-per-week position, we’re looking for someone who shares our vision for growth, spiritual development and community outreach. This role has the potential to grow and develop over time as we build a vibrant future together.
Whether you are an experienced youth pastor, someone stepping into ministry for the first time, or currently training for ministry, we would love to hear from you. If you have a heart for youth, a sincere faith, and a calling to help young people grow in their relationship with God, this could be the place for you.
Position: Youth Pastor
Reporting to: Senior Pastor
Hours: 24 hours per week. 0.6 FTE Includes Sundays and some evenings.
Salary: £19,200 per annum plus pension. FTE £32,000
Principle Workplace: Stayton House, 93 Stayton Road, Sutton Surrey, SM1 2PS
Start Date: After Easter / Summer – Candidate specific.
Please note there is a genuine occupational requirement that the role holder is a committed Christian in full sympathy with aims and the ethos of the Church’s purpose and vison.
Application:
To apply for the role, please send an updated CV and a covering letter explaining why you would suit this role to jon.dowdeswell@suttonvineyard.
Please be aware that we reserve the right to withdraw the job advert early.
If you have any questions regarding the role, we would love to encourage you to get in touch for an additional conversation.
Assistant Pastor
Farnham Vineyard
Farnham Vineyard is a growing church on a journey to become increasingly intercultural. We are looking to employ someone that loves Jesus and loves people. This is a full-time role created to help us embrace and continue to grow as a church, suitable for someone with a calling to leadership. The ideal candidate will have the skills to effectively lead both services and teams of volunteers, a passion and vision for youth discipleship, and an ability
to communicate clearly both in person and via social media. You’ll also have the desire to learn and grow in wider leadership opportunities.
Job Purpose
Leadership: This new role has been created to help us embrace the recent church growth we have experienced and to help us continue to grow as a church. We are looking for someone to join our staff team who loves to worship Jesus, has experience in leading meetings in the power of the Holy Spirit, someone that has clear communication skills, both verbal and written.
Youth: We are looking for someone who can share our passion and vision for discipling young people, someone that has experience of working with youth (11-18yrs), someone that can sow life and inspiration into this generation. We require someone that can initiate cross-church connections and facilitate collaboration with secondary schools work in the area.
Ministry Development: Compassion ministry and serving those that don’t yet belong to the church is important to us, we really want to be a church that disrupts loneliness in Farnham. The successful candidate will be responsible for launching and overseeing a compassion ministry. Recruiting & organising a team of volunteers will be crucial to the success of this, as will the ability to minister to people with love and grace.
Salary: £30-35,000 (depending on experience)
Line Manager: Senior Pastor
Contract Duration: Permanent
Contract Type: Full-Time
THIS POSITION IS ONLY OPEN TO PEOPLE ALREADY RESIDENT IN THE UK OR WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO WORK IN THE UK.
For more info on the job description click here.
All applications should be sent to [email protected]
Lead Pastor
Lavington Vineyard
Lavington Vineyard Church is hiring a Lead Pastor. This is an opportunity to minister to an international, multicultural, English-speaking egalitarian church in Nairobi, Kenya.
Lavington Vineyard Church (LVC) was planted in April 2014 and is part of the Association of Vineyard Churches-Kenya (AVC). The congregation, which consists of approx. 250 adults and 150 children and youth each Sunday, is a multicultural blend of people from a variety of denominational backgrounds who seek to follow Christ in the midst of daily life through building a culture of disciple-making.
For more information about LVC, refer to our website: www.lavingtonvineyard.org
Read the full job description here:
https://www.lavingtonvineyard.
To apply, fill out the application here: https://forms.gle/
