Bob Jackson (priest)

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.

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 namesBob
EducationKing's College, Cambridge
St John's College, Nottingham
ChurchChurch of England
Ordained1981
WritingsHope for the Church
Going for Growth
Everybody Welcome
Offices held
Archdeacon of Walsall (2004-2009)
TitleReverend

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
  • Matthew: The Story of a Faith Stronger than Death. Highland Books, 1987.
  • Godspeed: 50 Primary Assemblies. R & S Educational Services, 1994. (with Alan Combes)
  • till The Fat Lady Sings. Highland Books, 1996.
  • Higher Than The Hills. Highland Books, 1999.
  • Hope for the Church. Church House Publishing, 2002.
  • Reveil danns l'Himalaya. Editions Emmaus, 2003 (French translation of Higher than the Hills)
  • The Road to Growth: towards a thriving Church. Church House Publishing, 2005.
  • Going for Growth: what works at local church level. Church House Publishing, 2006.
  • Everybody Welcome. Church House Publishing, 2009.[4] (with The Reverend George Fisher)

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 Archived 26 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Christianity Today article. Accessed on 25 August 2009
  4. Everybody Welcome Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Church House Publishing. Accessed 25 August 2009
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