0-18S MINISTER-IN-TRAINING

• Hours: 35 hours/week spread over 6 days
• Annual leave: 30 days + bank holidays
• Contract: 2-year fixed term contract
• Line manager: Senior Minister (Youth and Children)
• DBS checks: Enhanced DBS
• Visa sponsorship: Available
  
  

All Souls welcomes over 1,500 people to its morning and evening services each Sunday, with a core membership of around 1,200, representing about 60 nationalities. The age distribution is fairly even: 28% are 18-29, 27% are 30-44, 30% are 45-64, and 16% are over 65. About 250 children and youth participate in our programmes. The adult age profile tends to be slightly older at morning services and younger at evening services. Approximately 700 volunteers serve in various roles. We have around 60 Fellowship Groups led by 135 leaders.

As a large church, we offer a wide range of ministry activities, each led by a dedicated member of the ministry team and supported well by the church family. Our ministry falls into six core areas: services, evangelism, discipleship (adults and 0-18s), world mission, music, and serving the city. All of these aim to motivate and equip church members to recognise and exercise their personal ministries as they serve God through the callings of whole-life discipleship in everyday life.

All of our ministry activity is grounded in prayer, with a monthly prayer gathering serving as the foundation of our corporate prayer as a church, supported by online weekday 8 am prayer meetings. Over the past 18 months, this has been supplemented by other regular days of prayer and fasting. It has been truly encouraging to witness the church family respond so positively to these initiatives.

For further information about the whole range of All Souls activities and the staff team, please refer to our website: www.allsouls.org

The Role

You will be prepared for a lifetime of ministry in children’s, youth, and family work. This is for you who have chosen youth and children's work as your vocation and calling. This role is not an apprenticeship but intended to provide a substantial experience in children’s or youth work within a church. You will build on that experience and develop it towards a lifelong career in paid Christian ministry.

Role

The role will focus on the kind of character and qualities needed to lead a 0-18 ministry and will involve learning:

• How to best support families to disciple their children
• How to lead and train a team
• How to develop a teaching program for 0-18s
• How to teach the Bible in a way that makes disciples for Jesus
  
  

Duties And Responsibilities

Duties will include writing talks and small group notes for leaders and young people, engaging with All Souls Primary School by delivering school assemblies, and participating in after-school clubs.

During the two-year programme, you will take responsibility for leading one of the youth teams, overseeing, and preparing teaching materials. You will also learn how to support families attending the 9.30 service in discipling their children.

You will attend weekly Friday and Sunday Youth meetings, weekly Monday staff meetings, and twice-weekly 0-18 meetings. You will be closely supervised and mentored, with weekly mentoring sessions with the Senior Minister (Children and Youth).

Person Specification

Essential

• 2-3 years of experience working with children or youth in a church setting
• Experience as a children’s or youth worker
• Experience delivering talks to children and young people
• Theologically trained with a biblical understanding, familiar with a range of perspectives, yet maintains a consistent and strong Biblical framework (This can be through formal theological education or a demonstrated eagerness for learning and growth)
• Able to develop, initiate and implement new ideas
• IT Skills (ability to use Google Workspace (Docs, Slides and Spreadsheet))
• A committed conservative evangelical Christian in full sympathy with the aims and values of the ministry of All Souls Church, having a supreme regard for scripture and a biblical understanding of holistic mission
• Believes and adheres to the Evangelical Alliance statement of faith.
• A disciple wanting to know Christ more and grow in grace, obedience and Christlikeness themselves
• A hard-working team player who both seeks advice and is able to lead, with a servant heart and a love for people
• Confident in an up-front role and in relating to the church family and in other networks
• A desire to relate to people from a variety of different cultural backgrounds and age groups
  
  

Desirable

• Experienced in writing Bible study material and other resources for use in multicultural groups
  
  

Employment Benefits

0-18s Minister-in-Training Job Description

• Competitive salary aligned with experience
• 7.5% employer pension contribution
• 3 Spiritual Refreshment Days (pro rata)
• Eye care voucher
• Season ticket loan
• Staff lunch provided every Monday
  
  

Application

Closing date: Sunday 10 May 2026 at 23.59*

Interviews: From 18 May 2026

• Applications will be reviewed as they are received, rather than waiting until a set deadline.
  
  

The All Souls Church family is diverse as the global body of Christ is diverse and as London is diverse. Applications are welcome from people from ethnic groups which are a minority in the UK.

There is an occupational requirement that the job-holder is a Christian under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

Contact

Please email ramona.ramsahadeo@allsouls.org if you have any queries!