Cardboard cut-out no match for real vicar

The Essex parish is looking for a new Associate Minister, with duties including:

• developing and growing the churches

• evangelising, through the parish sports teams

• developing a ministry of prayer and Bible study.

But it is quite clear that he or she will also need a good sense of humour.

Alongside the formal job description on the Chelmsford diocesan website is a comical YouTube video, in which local church-goers spell out - quite literally - why there has been a hole in parish life without a vicar. It's performed complete with a cardboard cut-out clergyman and humourous out-takes.