Vicar of Padiham with Hapton and Padiham Green

Introduction

We are excited by the prospect of working together with our new incumbent in achieving our vision of raising new and younger leaders, inspiring children, and young people, reaching out in confidence within our communities, and inspiring more people to become fully engaged with scripture and devoted to prayer.

Our new vicar will not stand alone - we have a strong, supportive, and experienced pastoral team, a part-time parish administrator and an army of willing and faith-filled volunteers ready and able to take on the myriads of tasks required of them. Once settled into the role, the new incumbent and PCC will be able to progress with the exciting prospect of engaging a full-time Youth and Family worker using the funds from a recently acquired grant.

Our Parish is centred on the town of Padiham, situated to the west of Burnley and the much smaller village of Hapton, which lies to the southwest. We have two well-maintained attractive church buildings in the heart of our communities.  We are situated within 5 minutes of the M65 motorway and enjoy easy access to Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster, the M6 and the Lake District.

We are looking and praying for a priest who is:

• A committed evangelical leader who loves the Lord and who hears from His word.
• A teacher who is confident in handling scripture, who will communicate in accessible language and is able to challenge people to grow in faith and love for the Lord Jesus.
• A caring and compassionate pastor who will love the church family well and take time getting to know us.
• An encouraging leader who will raise leaders from within our churches; and empower them to serve in our church and wider communities.
• A vicar who will engage with the local community and who can engage with the children and young families within our churches and schools.
• A pioneer who is not afraid to take risks to develop our mission and outreach.
• A missional leader with a heart for evangelism and a desire to see people in Padiham and Hapton discover a life transforming faith in Jesus Christ.
• A prayerful and Spirit-filled leader who will work in partnership with our congregations to discern God’s plans and purposes for our churches.
• A candidate who senses His calling to come to our parish and minister with us.

Closing date: Wednesday 25^th June 2025 

Interviews will be held on:  7^th July 2025 

For an informal conversation about the post, please contact the Area Dean, Fr Andrew Holmes andrewinburnley@gmail.com 

The Diocese of Blackburn believes that diversity enables us to thrive and develop and is committed to race equality, welcoming applications from UK Minority Ethnic/ Global Majority Heritage backgrounds  

The Diocese of Blackburn is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders and volunteers are expected to share this commitment. 

For information about Blackburn diocese please follow this link https://jobs.churchofengland.org/blackburn/vision-2026/

For information on making an application through Pathways please follow this link https://jobs.churchofengland.org/HELP/candidate-faq/