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Invitation to attend CIGB’s Annual General Meeting

The workplace chaplaincy ‘Churches And Industry Group Birmingham-Solihull’ (CIGB) will hold its Annual General Meeting on Tuesday 14 June at Solihull United Reformed Church (‘Christ Church’), 741 Warwick Road, Solihull B91 3DG. The speaker will be Dr Justin Varney, Director of Public Health for Birmingham City Council. Justin will bring ‘Reflections on Faith, Public Health … Read more

Jubilee Debt Campaign to become Debt Justice

John Nightingale, Chair of Jubilee Debt Campaign Birmingham shares his reflections ahead of the name change from Jubilee Debt Campaign to Debt Justice on May 16th.  As a visiting preacher I often ask congregations whether they remember the Human Chain of May 16th 1998, when seventy thousand people held hands around the centre of Birmingham … Read more

Commonwealth Games Burn: 336 hours of prayer and worship

Burn 247 are a global worship prayer and missions ministry with over 300 locations around the world. They are coordinating 336 hours of prayer and worship with outreach for the duration of the Commonwealth Games. The Commonwealth Games will be held in Birmingham (with a few events taking place in Sandwell, Wolverhampton, Coventry and Warwick) … Read more

Betel celebrates 25 years in the UK

Over the weekend of Friday 20/Sunday 22 May, ‘Betel UK’ will celebrate the 25th anniversary of the opening of its first British base at Windmill House in Alvechurch. Betel centres now also operate around the UK in Nottingham, Derby, Watford, Manchester, Hexham and Motherwell. A large multifunctional space has been created in Chester Street, Aston, … Read more

David Goodbourn Lecture

David Goodbourn Lecture 2022 ‘After Pestilence’ David Goodbourn Lecture 2022. After Pestilence: exploring the centrality of social justice within the Church and the social gospel. (ctbi.org.uk) Exploring the centrality of social justice within the Church and the social gospel. This lecture will challenge the plausibility of an ecclesial isolation through the examination of social borders, … Read more

Mediation and Collaboration

ChaplaincyPlus Lunchtime Meditation Session About this event To collaborate we need to be present, not mentally elsewhere. We need to see, hear and listen to others, not be trapped in our own internal chatter. In this highly practical, experiential session, Chris will explain how a simple meditation practice can help us: quickly clear a space … Read more

Science and Faith in the Second City

When did you last hear someone say ‘…of course Science has disproved the existence of God’. It’s a popular view, widely held, but it is not true and as Christians we need to challenge the rather lazy assumptions that lie behind it. The argument goes that once upon a time we turned to God to … Read more

Why Climate Change Matters – (Lunchtime and Evening Event)

Why Climate Change Matters WITH DR RUTH VALERIO Event Date: Tuesday 24 May 2022 Event Time:12:30 PM Venue: St Martins in the Bullring, Edgbaston St, , Birmingham, B5 5BB Tickets can be booked via the links below Why Climate Change Matters – (Lunchtime Event) – Science and Faith in the Second City An evening event will also … Read more

Science and Faith in the second city

Can Science Explain Everything? – (Evening Event) WITH PROF JOHN LENNOX Event Date: Tuesday 26 April 2022 Event Time:7:30 PM Venue: Millennium Point Auditorium, Curzon St, Birmingham, B4 7XGAre science and faith opposed to one another? Does science disprove the existence of God? Or, alternatively, are science and the Christian faith complementary partners, together helping us to … Read more