Christian Youth Pastor and Community Engagement Champion in Wirral, Merseyside

Up to 40hrs / week

Salary: £26 – 34K FTE (depending on experience)

5.6 weeks holiday per annum

 

Bethany Chapel, Prenton are looking to appoint either one full-time or two part-time Christian workers to:

  1. provide Christian teaching for an established group of teenagers on a Sunday morning.
  2. re-establish a midweek children’s and youth work reaching out to the neighbourhood. The format of this work is open for prayerful discussion and agreement. The expectation is that you would enthuse, develop and, if required, train a sustainable volunteer group from within our membership to support you in this work.
  3. Reach-out to all parts of the local community with the good news of Jesus Christ in a culturally relevant way including the use of social media and digital platforms.
  4. Lead, equip and encourage the church family to participate in community outreach.

 

Whether your interest is in working with children and young people or reaching out to the community or both we can potentially adapt the role and would be interested to talk with you.

We are looking for this / these appointments to start by September 2026 or sooner if possible

You will need to:

  • be a mature Christian, committed to biblical principles, [consistent with the Evangelical Alliance] and who is willing to declare wholehearted acceptance of and adherence to our church’s Statement of Key Beliefs as someone who would be responsible for authentically representing the teaching and lifestyle of the church to the community and to our young people and pastoral care. (This is an occupational requirement for the role in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010)
  • have a heart for nurturing children and young people in the Christian faith and/or reaching out to the wider community
  • understand and apply up to date UK safeguarding requirements
  • have necessary skill and experience to use social and digital media to communicate the Christian messages
  • be able to self-manage (whilst seeking appropriate support from and reporting regularly to the church’s leadership). If appropriate Personal Development Training will be offered within this role.
  • (in respect to the youth part of the role) have suitable experience and an understanding of youth culture and pastoral needs

For further details and to express an interest contact Tim Parkinson, church secretary at enquiries@bethanyprenton.org.uk .

 

Bethany Chapel is an independent evangelical church strategically located on a sub-urban housing estate in Prenton, on the outskirts of Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula (just across the River Mersey from Liverpool). We are currently blessed with a committed and talented group of young people, who we want to see develop a strong Christian faith. We also want to reach out to the children and young people in our neighbourhood and their families and the wider community of all-ages.