Associate Priest and Growing Faith Minister

The Bishop is seeking to appoint an Associate Priest in The Langtons and Shangton Benefice and Growing Faith Minister in the Launde Minster Community The Launde Minster Community brings together parishes and benefices across the Launde Deanery in the east of Leicestershire. Together we hope to achieve our shared desire to see God's Kingdom come, with people coming to know Jesus, growing in faith and ministry, and offering loving service to the community and the world. Growing Faith through partnerships between church and schools in the area is a key priority in this vision.

The Langtons and Shangton Benefice seek to serve their communities as witnesses and disciples of Jesus. To this end we seek a person who is:

• Caring and compassionate and ready to listen, with a heart for evangelism.
• Able to build on the good work in progress and undertake and encourage outreach to the young through contact with the schools and youth groups.
• Passionate about working within the Minster Community to take Christ into our rural communities.
• Someone with leadership, organisational and IT skills.
• Accepting that the ministry belongs to the whole church community and able to enable and encourage the body of Christ.

Closing date for applications Friday 30 October 2026

For an informal conversation please contact the Archdeacon of Leicester - The Venerable Richard Trethewey Email: or alternatively contact the Archdeacons' EA - Paige Bradshaw-Jones •

We particularly welcome applications from UK Minority Ethnic/Global Majority Heritage candidates, especially those of Black descent, who are currently underrepresented in our organisation.

The Diocese of Leicester, part of the Church of England, is committed to the safeguarding, care and nurture of everyone within our church community. We follow the Church of England's Safeguarding Policies and relevant statutory guidance. We believe that safeguarding is everybody's business.

This post is subject to Enhanced Plus DBS check and proof of right to work in the UK. The Diocese is unable to offer a Certificate of Sponsorship.