Diocese of Carlisle – Benefice of Crosslacon Team Ministry

Pioneer Team Rector

Do you have a heart for discipleship, growing teams and community building?

Are you a pioneering, prayerful and dynamic leader?

Can you connect with people across all age groups and social demographics?

If yes, we would love to hear from you and share our plans.

We are a united parish with four churches united into a single PCC, located adjacent to the western Lake District and the Irish Sea Coast.

Crosslacon is a highly pioneering parish with an inspiring range of missional initiatives made possible by empowered local leadership and partnerships. Three of our church buildings have been imaginatively renovated for mission and outreach. We are part of a pilot project for rural mission funded by the Church Commissioners through the Diocesan Investment Programme and you would be part of shaping that project and the deployment of resources to release new energy for mission.

We are an open, multi-generational parish which welcomes new members from varied spiritual backgrounds and lives by an inclusive theology with an open table. The post would suit either a formally trained pioneer priest or a priest with a pioneering spirit.

For an informal conversation please contact:

The Ven. Stewart Fyfe, Archdeacon of West Cumberland

Archdeacon.West@CarlisleDiocese.org.uk

T: ‭07552 428772‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

For further information please visit www.carlislediocese.org.uk/vacancies

Closing date for applications: 7th January 2026

Provisional interview date: 2nd February 2026

Please return completed applications to liz.howson@carlislediocese.org.uk