The Venerable Emma Sykes

Archdeacon of East Derbyshire
emma.sykes@derby.anglican.org
01332 388675

Claire Collishaw 
PA to the Archdeacon of East Derbyshire
claire.collishaw@derby.anglican.org
01332 388656

About Emma

Emma lived in Birmingham for nearly 30 years and began working in the charity sector with young people facing homelessness and other challenging issues. She became a youth minister at St Michael's Church in Boldmere, which became a significant part of discerning a call to ordained ministry.

Emma trained at St John's College, Nottingham and in 2008, was ordained at Birmingham Cathedral. She served her curacy at St Martin in the Bull Ring and became Associate Rector there three years later. In 2014, she took a break from full-time ministry and took a 'portfolio' approach, taking on a variety of different roles as a self-supporting minister, including being an assistant DDO and a BAP advisor.

In May 2020, she followed God's call back to full-time parish ministry, as Vicar of St Barnabas Erdington and Oversight Minister for the Erdington Area and became a member of General Synod in June 2024.

Emma is married to Andrew (a.k.a. Mac) and have two adult sons. In her spare time, she enjoys running, walking and being on adventures with Mac in their campervan.

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