Clergy

Assistant Curate (Team Vicar Designate) for the Crediton Team (North Creedy West)

Closing date for applications: 1st July 2025

Interview date: To be arranged.

The Crediton Ministry Team wish to appoint a new Assistant Priest (Team Vicar Designate) in the emerging Crediton Ministry Team which is developing creative and collaborative rural ministry within a vibrate ministry team serving across a large area centered on the historic market town of Crediton.

Along with the Team Rector (Designate), they long for a collaborative leader who will:

Work with the Team Rector (Designate) to develop the dispersed minster model of church.
Be a prayerful practitioner who is rooted in their own spirituality, can keep the right work-life balance, and would value working with a community that will support wellbeing.
Build connections across communities, particularly in the former North Creedy West Mission Community and amongst children and young people.
Develop the spiritual life of the church, embracing different traditions with creativity and innovation; enabling all ages to grow in faith and deepen their discipleship.
Be enthusiastic, creative and a good communicator.
Have experience of multi-parish benefices and working in rural settings.
Seek ways to be a visible presence in the life of the community.
Guide the PCCs in engaging with structural change.
Love the rural church in all its beautiful fragility and be able to drive (and reverse) through the narrow, muddy lanes of Mid Devon.
Someone whose heart’s desire is to bring people to know Jesus
Tactful & diplomatic
Flexible, approachable and empathetic with a joyous disposition

We offer:

Excellent, supportive and creative colleagues
A 4-bedroom house.
The opportunity to develop both parish ministry and a specialist ministry across the team.

Click here for the Parish Profile.
Click here for the Application Form.

You are warmly invited to contact the Archdeacon of Exeter directly if you would like a confidential conversation about the post:
Ven. Andrew Beane, Archdeacon of Exeter, on (01392) 425577 or email the Archdeacon of Exeter.

The appointment is subject to an enhanced DBS disclosure. We aim to be a diverse and truly representative diocese, and we welcome applications from women and from people of Global Majority heritage.

Interviews: To be arranged.