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The Interfaith Network has been promoting understanding, cooperation and good relations between organisations and persons of different faiths in the UK since 1987. On the 22nd February the Interfaith Network released the following: Today the Board of Trustees of the Inter Faith Network for the UK met today. It has, with much regret, agreed that … Read more
The Right Revd Michael Volland, will be installed and officially welcomed as 10th Bishop of Birmingham at a special service at Birmingham Cathedral on St Chad’s Day, Saturday 2 March. The service will be attended by civic guests, Church of England bishops, representatives of the Church or England Birmingham and ecumenical leaders. The service marks … Read more
2024 marks 25 years since Restore was started by people from churches in Edgbaston and Ladywood to support Kosovan refugees arriving in Birmingham and also asylum seekers accommodated in our city under the then Government’s new policy of asylum dispersal. They started a one-to-one befriending scheme which was a practical response to the call of … Read more
‘Engage West Midlands’ is facilitating an Exponential Roundtable in Birmingham on Wednesday 28 February focused on multiplying churches. The venue for the gathering will be Floor 9, Quayside Tower, Broad Street, Birmingham B1 2HF. Leading a ‘Multiplying Church’ will require a new attitude and a new way of thinking. For leaders to create a culture … Read more
On 15 February each year, the Coptic Orthodox Church worldwide commemorates the lives of its contemporary martyrs on the anniversary of the martyrdom of the 21 men executed by ISIS in Libya on 15 February 2015. 20 of the 21 martyrs were Coptic Orthodox Christians from Upper Egypt, with the 21st being their Ghanaian friend … Read more
Birmingham-based African and Afro-Caribbean churches have reacted strongly to the recent proposal by the Department for Education to transfer the King Solomon International Business School to the  Islamic-based Stars Multi Academy Trust. Bishops Tedroy Powell, Deverton Douglas and Desmond Jaddoo, co-chairs of the ‘West Midlands Faith in Action’ partnership of Black-led Churches and businesses, have written to Andrew Warren, West Midlands Regional Director … Read more
In early January 2024, Pastor Matthew Hopley began work as the National Police Chaplain. Matthew has been involved with Police Chaplaincy for more than 12 years, firstly as a volunteer with West Midlands Police, then as leader of the Chaplaincy team at Warwickshire Police. During that time, Matthew was also a staff member of the … Read more
The season of Lent begins on Ash Wednesday, 14 February, and runs until Maundy Thursday, 28 March 2024 Church of England Watch and Pray “Watch and Pray challenges us to seek God in both familiar and unfamiliar places: in darkness and in quiet; in movement and migration; in the healing and transforming work of the … Read more
Racial Justice Sunday takes places on the 11th February 2024 and Churches are encouraged to make use of the resources for their services. Resources are available from Churches Together in Britain and Ireland and can be found HERE Resources for Racial Justice Sunday 2024 explore the movement of people from their homelands to the places … Read more
Maud Grainger from Birmingham Churches Together shares her reflections on #Pray24Brum Over the 19th and 20th of January, Christians came together to create a canopy of prayer over the city of Birmingham and beyond. Over 24 hours different traditions led an hour of prayer to those gathered in St Philip’s Cathedral and to those joining … Read more