Vicar of Airedale with Fryston

Introduction

Holy Cross, Airedale with Fryston is a vibrant, single-church estates parish on the outskirts of Castleford.  This warm-hearted church family is seeking a vicar who will work with them to continue to develop relationships with the local community, and to grow the church in love, discipleship and numbers.  

Please see the Person Specification, Role Description, Brochure/additional information attached, for further details of the role and the essential and desirable qualities we are seeking in relation to this post.

For an informal conversation about this role, please contact the Archdeacon of Pontefract on   cat.thatcher@leeds.anglican.org   or 07902 102513. 

Closing date: Wednesday 18^th December 2024

Shortlisting: Monday 6^th January 2025

Interviews: Friday 17^th January 2025

About Us

The Anglican Diocese of Leeds comprises five episcopal areas, each coterminous with an archdeaconry. This is now one of the largest Dioceses in the country and its creation in 2014 is unprecedented in the history of the Church of England.  It covers an area of around 2,425 square miles with a population of around 2,642,400 people. 

The Diocese comprises major cities (Bradford, Leeds and Wakefield) large industrial and post-industrial towns (Halifax, Huddersfield and Dewsbury), market towns (Todmorden, Harrogate, Skipton, Richmond, Ripon and Wetherby) and deeply rural areas especially in the Dales. The whole of life is here, along with all the richness, diversity and complexities of a changing world. 

Five area bishops (Bradford, Huddersfield, Kirkstall, Ripon and Wakefield) and five archdeacons (Bradford, Halifax, Leeds, Richmond & Craven and Pontefract) assist the Diocesan Bishop (The Rt. Revd Nicholas Baines).

This Benefice is in the Pontefract Deanery of the Wakefield Episcopal Area

Our vision as a Diocese is about confident clergy equipping confident Christians to live and tell the Good News of Jesus Christ, growing churches and transforming communities. 

For all our appointments we are seeking clergy who have a joyful and confident faith and with a commitment to working with their laity to foster church growth, both numerical and spiritual.