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Response to cut in overseas aid

Senior Christian Leaders have criticised the announcement by the Prime Minister on Tuesday 25 February that the UK’s international aid budget will be cut from 0.5% to 0.3% of national income by 2027. Speaking collectively under the umbrella of the Joint Public Issues Team, Revd Lynn Green (pictured above, General Secretary, The Baptist Union of … Read more

Resources for Lent 2025

The season of Lent will begin on Ash Wednesday, Wednesday 5 March and run until Maundy Thursday, 17 April. Resources useful for personal reflection and/or group study have been published by a number of Churches and Christian ministries. They include:   Church of England The Church of England’s Lent theme for 2025 is Living Hope. In … Read more

United Nations Climate Change Conference

COP 29 is the United Nations Climate Change Conference taking place in Baku, Azerbaijan from 11 to 22 November 2024. UN Climate Change Conferences (or COPs) take place every year, and are the world’s only multilateral decision-making forum on climate change that brings together almost every country on Earth. Now it is the time to … Read more

National Justice & Peace Networking Day

On Saturday 23rd September National Justice & Peace Network (https://www.justice-and-peace.org.uk) will be holding one of its Networking Days in Birmingham. This is an opportunity for all those involved or interested in working for social justice, peace and care of creation in the light of their faith to come together to share information and gain mutual … Read more

Love the stranger

In response to the Government’s ‘Illegal Migration Bill,’ the Department for International Affairs of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has released a new publication, ‘Love the stranger.’ In 2023, the people who make the dangerous journey across the English Channel to reach the UK are called by various names: ‘refugees’, ‘asylum seekers’, … Read more

Advent & Christmas Resources

Ahead of Advent Sunday (November 27th) we are sharing resources and materials from Churches. If there is a resource that is not included and you would like to make us aware of, please get in touch via enquiries@birminghamchurches.org.uk Church of England Follow the Star – The Great Invitation Following a series of difficult Christmases, churches … Read more