We Are Recruiting:

Salford Church Leader

We are looking for a leader for New Life Community Church Salford, a recently established church in the centre of Salford. 

 

Your role would be to grow the church and to replant over the next few years.    You would lead a team of volunteers and to reach out to the city centre, make disciples, and to see opportunities for new congregations.  The post is exciting and challenging, in a rapidly-changing city-region with huge potential.

●        You:    You are committed to evangelism, teaching the Bible, leading a team, and prayer.   Experience is welcome, but passion for the work is required!    You must be able to lead a multi-cultural team, and shape the vision of the church.   A second language is useful, but not required.   You must speak fluent English and have the right* to work in the UK.  You will have the ability to lead a new church in its outreach and grow the gifts of the congregation.  

●        Us:      The Antioch Network is a church planting network in the Church of England Diocese of Manchester.   We offer support, training, advice and mentoring with experienced church planters.

●        It:      The job is a Part Time (0.5 FTE) post at 19 hours per week, although there may be opportunities to extend the hours if the candidate can contribute in other ways to the network.   The salary for this Part Time post is £13,438 per year. You must live in Salford or be able and willing to move there within 3 months of being appointed.  

                                      

How to apply: 

To request an Application Pack, please email  and we will send you a pack. 

 

Closing Date

The closing date for completed Applications and Declaration Forms is 20^th September 2026.

 

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Church Planter  / EDEN Team Leader

 

Do you have a passion for Jesus Christ, for church planting, evangelism and for inspiring and training others? Do you have a heart to reach young people and a heart for estates ministry?                                      

 

If so, you might be interested in our current job vacancy. The Antioch Network is partnering with the EDEN Network to offer a Full Time role based in Stalybridge which combines 2 x roles:

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         EDEN Team Leader……………  3 days per week

         Church Planter…………………  2 days per week

 

The role is 37.5 hours per week, and the contract is for 3 years, with a possible 2 year extension, subject to available resource.

 

Candidates must be committed Christians, have a pre-existing right to work in the UK* and either live in Stalybridge or be able and willing to move there within 3 months of being appointed to the post.

 

*We cannot sponsor visas, advise on Home Office regulations or assist with immigration processes for interested parties living overseas. 

 

Salary: 

£26,876.72 per annum.

 

How to apply: 

To request an Application Pack, please email  and we will send you a pack. 

 

Closing Date

The closing date for completed Applications and Declaration Forms is 30^th September 2026.

 

We also reserve the right to close this vacancy should an appointable candidate be found prior to the closing date.

 

More details

To get more background on the EDEN element of this vacancy, please contact . 

 

Or to get more background on the Antioch Church Planting part of the joint role, please email 

 to to contact our Estates Director.

 

 

 

 

Other Opportunities at Antioch?

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From time to time, other vacancies arise at Antioch. Usually these posts are for Evangelists or Church Plant Leaders.

 

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Volunteering

Antioch does not have an international volunteering scheme that is accessible to people living overseas. But if you are already based in the UK, and if you would like to enquire about volunteering with Antioch, please in the first instance email us at with your query.   

 

Training

We may be running our REAP Church Planting Course online next year, over Zoom, so if you are interested in accessing this, please email and enter "REAP 2025/26" into the subject field. You can unsubscribe at any time.

 

  

 

Terms and Conditions for all Antioch posts

All Antioch posts are subject to 

 

(1) Successful application and interview

(2) Proof of pre-existing right to work in the UK* 

(3) An appropriate DBS check

(4) Positive references

(5) Probation period, typically 6 month’s long

(6) Genuine occupational requirement that the post holder is a practising Christian