Joining and Training Criteria

How to become a Street Pastor:

 

We undertake around 45 hours of training over three weekends (Friday evenings and all day Saturday & Sunday), regardless of which type of Street Pastoring you wish to do. To become a Street Pastor an applicant must have been a committed Christian for at least a year, be a member of a local church, be able to provide a positive reference from his/her minister, a character reference, be at least age 18 (with no upper limit!), undergo a DBS (formerly CRB) check and the training course and be prepared, if able, to make a contribution to cover the cost of his/her uniform and training (although we encourage the Street Pastor’s fellowship to be involved in this – we will never turn down a suitable candidate over funding issues).

 

Once the training has been completed a Street Pastor can commence patrolling. They usually commit to at least one monthly patrol in the night-time/community or if they favour Afternoon Community Patrols, then once a week during term-time. For further details please check out our 4 minute video. Please see some of the feedback from our recent training which is on our NEWS page under the entry Training, Feedback and Observations. If you would like to know more, or if you are not sure if you fit the criteria, please get in touch via our Contact page.

 

Our next training is in Spring 2024.

 

Please access our Street Pastor Application Form, Letter of Introduction and Street Pastor Job Description. You can also access our Privacy Notice.

 

How to become a Prayer Pastor:
To become a Prayer Pastor an applicant must have been a committed Christian for at least a year, undertake a day of training, be a member of a local church, be able to provide a positive reference from his/her minister, be at least age 18 (with no upper limit!), undergo a DBS (formerly CRB) check and be prepared to make a small contribution towards their training if at all possible (although we encourage the Prayer Pastors fellowship to be involved in this). Please have a look at the Prayer Pastor Job Description.
Once the initial training has been completed, a Prayer Pastor usually commits to at least one monthly patrol in the night-time/community or if they favour the work of the Afternoon Community Pastors, then once a week. If you want to get a flavour of what a Prayer Pastor’s role is like and how prayer is answered please click on this link for an authentic experience – What is it really like to be a Prayer Pastor at Southampton Street Pastors. If you would like to know more, or if you are not sure if you fit the criteria, please get in touch via our Contact page.