Bob Jackson

Who is Bob Jackson?

Robert 'Bob' Jackson, is an Anglican priest who has extensively researched, written and consulted on the subject of church growth.

After reading Economics at King's College, Cambridge, Bob 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, Sheffield before becoming the Vicar of St Mark's Grenoside in 1984. In 1992 Bob became Vicar of Scarborough at St Mary's church, a role which he held until 2001.

From 2001 until 2004 Bob was a member of Springboard, Archbishop George Carey's initiative to encourage, renew and mobilize the Church for evangelism. Bob 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.