God calls us all to follow Christ, and in baptism the whole Church is summoned to witness to God’s love and to work for the coming of his kingdom. This is the shared vocation of all God’s people: we are all called to mission and ministry as part of what it means to follow Jesus together as his disciples. The Director of Ordinands and Vocations is a key role in helping to achieve our diocesan vision of being a growing church bringing hope, transforming the communities we serve by our witness to Christ’s love in word and action.

God calls us all to follow Christ, and in baptism the whole Church is summoned to witness to God’s love and to work for the coming of his kingdom. This is the shared vocation of all God’s people: we are all called to mission and ministry as part of what it means to follow Jesus together as his disciples. Under the leadership of the new Bishop of Newcastle, the Rt Revd Dr Helen-Ann Hartley, the Director of Ordinands and Vocations is a key role in helping to achieve our diocesan vision of being a growing church bringing hope, transforming the communities we serve by our witness to Christ’s love in word and action.

The Director of Ordinands & Vocations will:

• Encourage and promote vocations to lay and ordained ministry across the diocese.
• Enable the discernment process for ordained and Reader ministry.
• Support ordinands and Readers in training during Initial Ministerial Education (IME) 1-3.
• Contribute to shaping diocesan thinking, strategy and policy for ministry development.

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Framed by the Rivers Tyne and Tweed the Diocese of Newcastle is the Church of England’s most northerly diocese. Formed in 1882 the Diocese covered an area almost equivalent to the then County of Northumberland. With 172 parishes across 2,110 square miles the Diocese now covers the local authorities of Northumberland, Newcastle, North Tyneside and also small parts of County Durham and Cumbria. The 12 deaneries within 2 archdeaconries serve a population of 831,600 people across a variety of communities ranging from sparse rural to large inner-city areas of deprivation.