Minister (Adult Discipleship)

• Job title: Minister (Adult Minister) 
• Hours: 42 hours/week with one whole day off each week
• Salary: from £32,350 stipend + from £20,000 housing allowance 
• Annual leave: 36 days + bank holidays
• DBS check: Enhanced
• Line manager: Senior Minister for Adult Discipleship

All Souls Today

In the heart of London's West End, All Souls is a conservative Anglican evangelical church with a large and diverse congregation. We seek to use our rich inheritance, our exciting location and our diverse membership to cooperate with God in the extension of His Kingdom. At the heart of our vision sits God's Word. As a church, the Bible is central to all we do, from our Sunday services to our life groups, to our workplace ministry, to our work with marginalised people. 

All Souls welcomes a total of over 1,500 people to its morning and evening services each Sunday, with a core membership of around 1,200. During the pandemic, we provided weekly online services and added 500 'friends' of All Souls. The membership is made up of around 60 nationalities, with about 40% of the church family being non-British. The age profile of our church family is fairly evenly spread: 28% are 18-29, 27% are 30-44, 30% are 45-64, and 16% are over 65. There are currently approximately 700 serving partners volunteering in different capacities. We have approximately 90 Life  Groups served by 200 leaders.

For further information about the whole range of All Souls activities and the staff team, please refer to our website: www.allsouls.org

The Role

As part of the Adult Discipleship Team, you will lead the strategic development and oversight of new adult discipleship activities across All Souls. This role involves working collaboratively with other ministry staff. Your line manager will be the Senior Minister for Adult Discipleship.

As Minister, you will be expected but not limited to:

• Lead and oversee new and developing areas of adult discipleship across the church
• Provide strategic input for Life Groups and discipleship training programmes
• Develop and mentor leaders across your areas of adult discipleship ministries
• Share in the pastoral care of the church family
• Further the integration of members into the life of the All Souls Church family
• Meet for one-to-one discipleship with several members of the church family

Person Specification

Essential

• Has had formal theological education/training
• Able to handle God's word faithfully and has a proven track record in discipling and developing others
• Has experience and gifting in pastoral care and one-to-one ministry, including insight into the issues faced in full-time pastoral care work
• Able to relate to people from a variety of different cultural backgrounds and age groups
• Able to develop, initiate and implement new discipleship strategies and programmes
• Demonstrates strong leadership and team management abilities
• A disciple wanting to know Christ more and grow in grace, obedience and Christlikeness themselves
• Committed to the importance of discipleship in all its forms in the life of the church, and with a clear vision for developing effective discipleship throughout London
• Confident in an up-front role and in relating to the church family and in other networks

Desirable

• Experienced in writing and developing discipleship curriculum, Bible study material and other resources for use in multicultural groups
• Has experience of welcoming and integrating new members into a large church with high congregational turnover, helping members find their place and use their gifts
• Has experience in strategic ministry planning and team leadership

There is an occupational requirement that the job-holder is a Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

The recruitment for this role is limited to male applicants, as it involves regular preaching. This is in accordance with the exemption under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

Safeguarding: conditional offers will be made pending the successful completion of an enhanced DBS check, which will be processed by All Souls.