Rector of Moulsecoomb with Bevendean and Coldean
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The Bishop of Chichester is looking for a strategic pastor to lead Moulsecoomb with Bevendean and Coldean into a period of new life in partnership with St Peter’s Brighton. The rector will be at home in an estate parish of just over 15,000, able to build ministry teams, pioneer new approaches to outreach, comfortable with sacramental and evangelical traditions, a good manager of change, passionate about deprived areas, deeply secure in their own faith and life of prayer, comfortable working in an SDF-funded partnership with St Peter’s, Brighton, happy to be a visible presence in the community, and sensitive and faithful to existing traditions.
Rector of Moulsecoomb with Bevendean and Coldean
Phone: [contact hidden]
Website: https://www.cofepathways.org/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=8276
Deadline: 21 Dec 2025, midnight
Interview: 29 Jan 2026
Downloads: Parish Profile / Church of England Privacy Notice
The rector will be:
- At home in an estate parish of just over 15,000
- Able to build ministry teams
- Able to pioneer new approaches to outreach
- Comfortable with sacramental and evangelical traditions
- A good manager of change
- Passionate about deprived areas
- Deeply secure in their own faith and life of prayer
- Comfortable working in an SDF-funded partnership with St Peter’s, Brighton
- Happy to be a visible presence in the community
- Sensitive and faithful to existing traditions
About the benefice:
- The benefice is comprised of two parishes, Moulsecoomb and Bevendean, and the parish of Coldean which is served by a team vicar.
- Much of the accommodation to house the students at the universities of Brighton and Sussex are within the parish boundaries.
- It ranks 530 out of 12,599 in the list of most deprived in the country.
- The main morning service is currently in the sacramental tradition with an alternative service in the afternoon.
For an informal conversation, please contact the Archdeacon, The Ven Martin Lloyd Williams, on [contact hidden].
Please apply on Pathways by clicking on this link: https://www.cofepathways.org/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=8276
Closing date: 21st December 2025
Interview date: 29th January 2026
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