Town Centre Missioner: St Thomas Stourbridge

Summary:

This new role will actively engage with students and young adults, build meaningful connections between the church and local community.

Location:

St Thomas Church Stourbridge

Salary:

£31,060

Hours:

37.5 hours p/w, including some weekend working

Job description:

Do you enjoy a pioneering role, building on existing opportunities to engage with people and nurture their curiosity in God?

This new role will actively engage with students and young adults, build meaningful connections between the church and local community, and cultivate two new worshipping communities.

Hours: 37.5 hours p/w, including some weekend working. If you aren’t able to commit to full-time working please contact us for a discussion (see email address below).

Main duties and responsibilities:

• • Identify and prioritise the needs of the local community.
  • Develop a strategic plan for engaging with the town centre community, including daytime shoppers, further education students and night-time economy patrons and workers.
  • Establish and pioneer effective, sustainable initiatives in the town centre that draw people into personal discipleship and regular worship
  • Recruit, train, and support volunteers to assist in community outreach ministry and the establishment of NWCs
  • Forge partnerships with local businesses, community groups, and educational institutions to facilitate mission and outreach activities
  • Collaborate closely with Stourbridge Street Pastors to coordinate spiritual and pastoral outreach efforts during night-time hours
  • Launch two new worshipping communities: one targeting further education students during the daytime and one engaging with the night-time economy in the evening
  • Participate in diocesan or deanery-led initiatives for sharing knowledge, opportunities, and project funding
  • Develop accessible initiatives to deepen relationships with individuals encountered through street outreach and community engagement activities
  • Work collaboratively with the wider church leadership team to ensure alignment with the overall mission and vision of the renewal project

Role description:

Application form (link):

Contact email:

Closing date:

22nd June, 2026 at 09:00

Interview date:

2nd July, 2026