If you were out there looking for a job this summer, you may have come across an eye-catching position at one of London’s largest churches.
Holy Trinity Brompton, or HTB, posted an ad for an “Environmental Project Manager,” to help “oversee the strategy, planning and execution of HTB’s approach to Creation Care.” The individual will work closely with other lead team members to put an “environmental response at the heart of church life,” according to the ad.
HTB, an Anglican church spread across six sites in London with around 3,500-4,500 worshipping every Sunday, is perhaps best known for being the place where the world-famous Alpha evangelistic course originated in the 1970s and 80s.
Jobs like this, at places like HTB, are notable, said Jo Chamberlain, National Environment Policy Officer for the Church of England. Such roles, she said, signal a wider sea change among evangelical churches in the UK — and perhaps elsewhere — realizing the critical importance of creation care and environmental stewardship at the congregational level.
“People are recognizing that we have to get our house in order,” said Chamberlain, “we can’t just talk about taking care of creation without doing the work and changing the way we do things.