Bob Jackson (priest)

This article is about the church growth expert. For other Bob Jacksons, see Bob Jackson.
Bob Jackson
Born Robert William Jackson
(1949-06-21) 21 June 1949
Sheffield, England
Other names Bob
Education King's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Nottingham
Church Church of England
Ordained 1981
Writings Hope for the Church
Going for Growth
Everybody Welcome
Offices held
Archdeacon of Walsall (2004-2009)
Title Reverend

Robert William "Bob" Jackson (born 21 June 1949, Sheffield, England), is an Anglican priest [1] who has extensively researched, written and consulted on the subject of church growth.

After reading Economics at King's College, Cambridge, Jackson worked as an Economic Advisor to the Departments of Transport and Environment in Westminster. After training at St John's College, Nottingham he was ordained in 1981. He worked as a Curate in Fulwood before becoming the Vicar of St Mark, Grenoside in 1984. In 1992 Jackson became Vicar of St Mary, Scarborough at church, a role which he held until 2001.[2]

From 2001 until 2004 Jackson was a member of Springboard, Archbishop George Carey's initiative to encourage, renew and mobilize the Church for evangelism. Jackson became Archdeacon of Walsall and Bishop's Growth Officer for the Diocese of Lichfield in 2004, a role in which he put the ideas and research from his time at Springboard into practice.

In 2009 he retired from his role as Archdeacon to concentrate on church growth consultancy.[3]

Selected works

References

  1. Crockfords - 100th Edition
  2. ‘JACKSON, Ven. Robert William’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 24 July 2014
  3. Archdeacon of Walsall retires to focus on church growth - Christianity Today article. Accessed on 25 August 2009
  4. Everybody Welcome - Church House Publishing. Accessed 25 August 2009
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Tony Sadler
Archdeacon of Walsall Succeeded by
Chris Sims
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