Associate Vicar - Discipleship Pastor (Plants and Locations) Gas Street Church, Birmingham

Location: Birmingham  

Salary: Stipend  

Job Type: Office Holder  

Reference: cofe/TP/23927/9797

Posted: 4 Feb 2026 - Closes: 15 Mar 2026

The Bishop of Birmingham wishes to appoint an Associate Vicar — Discipleship Pastor (Plants & Locations) to provide spiritual and pastoral oversight for discipleship strategy across Birmingham, St Luke’s Gas Street and associated churches. 

We are looking for someone who can bring particular focus to developing leaders and teams for existing Gas Street locations as well as future plants, revitalisations and other missional activity.

To view the Candidate Brief please click here 

For the role description please click here

Informal conversations about the role are welcomed ; please contact lizzy.bridgman@gasstreet.church who will arrange this with one of the Gas Street clergy.

The post holder will be appointed as an Office Holder under Common Tenure Regulations 2009. The role is initially funded for 4 years through national DIP funding. It is hoped that in the future funding will be made available for the post to become permanent. 

A Diocesan Profile for this post should be read prior to submitting an application, this is available from the Office & Site Manager to The Bishop of Birmingham, Chris Booth who can be emailed on ChrisB@cofebirmingham.com.

Closing date: Sunday (midnight) 15th March 2026

Interviews: To be arranged

The Church of England Birmingham is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are expected to share this commitment. All appointments to roles undertaking regulated activity are subject to pre-appointment checks, including a references and a satisfactory Enhanced DBS Check.

The Bishop of Birmingham, looks for priests to serve as incumbents who have the capacity to grow local church in spiritual depth, in numbers, in confident witness, and in serious engagement with their community. Central to this is the task of identifying, encouraging and endorsing the ministry of others and entrusting them with real responsibility in the work of mission and outreach.

The priest appointed to this role must have been ordained in the Church of England or a church in communion with it and must have exercised at least three years ordained ministry. Those applying to be considered must have the right to work in the UK as this vacancy has does not yet qualify to sponsor a visa. The priest appointed will be an office holder under Common Tenure, and the Ecclesiastical Offices (Terms of Service) Regulations will apply.

It is important that the priest appointed plays a full part in the life of the deanery, particularly Chapter and Synod, and in the wider programmes of the Diocese. Opportunities for ecumenical collaboration should also be pursued, and good relationships sought with other faith communities.