The Benefice of Beckbury, Badger, Kemberton, Ryton, Stockton and Sutton Maddock
Known as The Six Parishes
Make a rapid, positive difference working collaboratively with us, a team prepared for change and new initiatives! Vision, energy and enthusiasm are essential, experience is a bonus if you have it.
The Benefice is in the beautiful countryside of SE Shropshire, with easy access to nearby towns and cities, the best of both worlds! We’re six village parishes with a new Joint Council, increasingly working as a team to reach our communities with Jesus’ message of hope, love, salvation and fulfilment.
Rooted in traditional Church of England worship, we hope you’ll bring new ideas for the ministry, mission and community engagement.
We hope you will work with and inspire us to:
- Help us develop our prayer life;
- Help us to engage and communicate better with our community, and to develop pastoral care;
- Work closely with our local CofE Primary School, and children of all ages within the Six Parishes;
- Work with us to ensure our financial sustainability.
We can offer you:
- A worshipping church at the heart of each village;
- Our openness to review and change what we do and how we do it, to support growth across the generations;
- A friendly, supportive and committed team.
Enquiries: please contact the Bishop of Shrewsbury’s Office by email / 01743 235867
All applicants should normally have 3 years’ experience in the Church of England or another Anglican church in the British Isles.
Closing date: 1 August 2025
Familiarisation day: 16 September 2025
Interviews: 17 September 2025
To apply, please complete the following documents and return them to the Bishop of Shrewsbury