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Birmingham City Centre Retail Chaplaincy ‘be.friend’ is making plans for its ministry to the staff and stall-holders of the Frankfurt Christmas Market, which will be held in the city centre from Thursday 4 November to Wednesday 22 December 2021. Many of the Christmas Market staff work long hours and are away from their homes in … Read more
Over the last three years, the Church of England Birmingham’s Education Department and the Birmingham Diocesan Multi-Academy Trust have been leading on the development of ‘Christ Church, Church of England Secondary Academy,’ a brand new Church of England Secondary Academy serving the community of Yardley Wood. The keys to the new school building, which had … Read more
The Young Christian Climate Network is undertaking a pilgrimage to Glasgow, to arrive in time for the COP26 climate conference, which will take place in November. The walk began at St Ives, Cornwall, during the G7 conference of 11 – 13 June. This week, the pilgrimage pauses for a residency in Birmingham, before moving north … Read more
Bookings are now open for the Crucible Course, which will run online in the autumn. The context for the course is that Christians living in Western cultures are facing profound challenges and fresh opportunities. The long era of ‘Christendom’ is coming to an end. We now live in a plural society, with multiple religious options … Read more
Kate Coleman and Cham Kaur-Mann, Birmingham-based directors of ‘Next Leadership,’ are passionate about developing leaders and transforming leadership, by equipping leaders to serve well in today’s and tomorrow’s world. They do so by offering mentoring and coaching, consultancy services, tailored programmes and leadership courses. The ‘Ellevation’ programme and its accompanying book ‘The seven Deadly Sins … Read more
Churches Together in England has announced the appointment of two new Presidents. Archbishop Nikitas of the Ecumenical Patriarchate Archdiocese of Thyateira and the United Kingdom will be its new Orthodox President, in place of Archbishop Angaelos of the Coptic Orthodox Diocese of London. Bishop Tedroy Powell of the Church of God of Prophecy will be … Read more
It has been announced that the Right Revd and Right Honourable Dr John Sentamu will become the next Chair of the Board of international development agency, Christian Aid. Dr Sentamu was Anglican Bishop of Birmingham between 2002 and 2005 and Archbishop of York from 2005 to 2020. On 27 April 2021, he was created Baron … Read more
Time4Change, the anti-racism movement which brings together senior leaders from Birmingham’s historic Churches, Black-Majority Churches and new Churches, has issued a rallying call to make Sunday 17 October 2021 a special day on the journey to Racial Repentance, Reconciliation and Restoration. Churches are being asked to focus on the issue during their services on that … Read more
The Birmingham-based business support charity ‘ChaplaincyPlus’ has launched the ‘Birmingham Wellbeing Alliance’ (BWA) in response to the growing need in the area of mental ill-health. According to ‘Thriving At Work,’ a study commissioned by the Prime Minister in late 2017, mental health issues are the number one cause of sickness absences in the UK. The … Read more
A workshop entitled ‘Perspectives on Shame and the Church as we emerge from lockdown’ will take place online on Wednesday 21 July, from 10.00am to 12.30pm. Drawing on empirical research, the workshop will explore a variety of perspectives on shame and the church, including definitions of shame, ways in which people experience shame in relation … Read more