Ascension Church, Balham with the Diocese of Southwark
BUBBLE CHURCH MISSION ENABLER
Are you called to launch 5 new, innovative church services in the next year?
Bubble Church was launched at the Ascension Church, Balham in South-West London as a mid-pandemic experiment in October 2020, with the strapline:
A puppet-packed, Jesus-centred, socially distanced, coffee-and-croissant-fuelled, kids and families adventure every Sunday morning.
· Since launch a new congregation has been formed from zero to around 100 each week and continues to grow post-pandemic.
· Because parents / carers sit and stay with their child on their bubble, they learn about the Christian faith alongside their children in a way that is non-threatening and does not leave them feeling ignorant or uniformed.
· Bubble Church has also helped other areas of church life – the Sunday school at the church’s 10.30 service has grown with children who used to attend Bubble Church, baptisms have tripled and a new mid-week discipleship group has been formed from Bubble Church parents.
Given the fruitfulness of Bubble Church at Ascension, Balham, the Church of England has awarded £250,000 of innovation funding across 3 years to roll out Bubble Church to other churches, starting with 5 pilot churches in Southwark Diocese. The Bubble Church Mission Enabler role is pivotal to leading and overseeing this expansion of Bubble Church.
Salary for the post is £34,380 per year plus accommodation support if required, plus 15% non-contributory pension.
The Role
The Bubble Church Mission Enabler will lead and oversee the expansion of Bubble Church beyond Ascension Balham to an initial 5 churches in Southwark Diocese and nationally. They will be part of the Ascension Balham staff team and worshipping community.
The Person
The role requires a high calibre, high-capacity person with a track record in leadership. They will be personable and passionate about Bubble Church in a way that is infectious to others and be able to model the Bubble Church approach in an exemplary way and coach others in it. The postholder will be either lay or ordained. They will be excellent communicators and trainers of others and utterly reliant on God!
If this is you, then please find out more, and how to apply at https://www.cofepathways.org/members/modules/job/detail.php?record=4801
Closing date: 7th October 2022
Interviews will be held on 19th October 2022
An Enhanced DBS check will be required.
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