Vacancies and appointments

The Church Society Trust is patron of approximately 130 parishes (click here to view list of parishes). Current vacancies and recent appointments for these are listed below, together with application and registration forms for clergy who are interested in applying for appointments. We also curate a list of other vacancies which may be of interest to Church Society members. To submit an advert for inclusion in this list, as well as circulation to our members and contacts via email and a closed Facebook group, please contact the office. Ideally, please include a link to a website where the information is available.

Church Society Trust Patronage

Vacancies in Church Society Trust Parishes

Vicar, St George, Worthing, Diocese of Chichester. Click here for parish profile. For further information about this vacancy please contact our patronage secretary at: patronage [at] churchsociety.org

Recent Appointments in Church Society Trust Parishes

Anthony Barnshaw, Vicar, All Saints, Anchorsholme, Diocese of Blackburn

Application forms

Clergy wishing to apply to Church Society Trust for possible appointments are asked to complete two forms.

Evangelical Patronage Consultative Council registration – this form provides general information and is used in common with the other members of the EPCC. The list is administered by CPAS. If you have already completed the EPCC form, it will be sent to the Directors of Church Society Trust and you do not need to complete it again. If you send us the EPCC form we will forward it to CPAS unless you request otherwise.

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PDF (to print and send)

Church Society Trust form – this form contains further information which will be of help in fulfilling the Trust’s duty to recommend to parish representatives people who fit their parish profile.

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Word (to complete electronically)
PDF (to print and send)

See also our Resources for Clergy Appointments page.

Other vacancies

Associate Minister, St John’s, Woking, Diocese of Guildford.
Families Minister, St James, Chorley, Diocese of Blackburn.

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