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An amazing team who stand with The Feast valuing interfaith relations is running the Birmingham AJBell Great Birmingham Run on Sunday 3 May raising vital funds for The Feast and their work with young people across the UK. The Feast is an award-winning charity that brings teenagers from different faiths and backgrounds together in small-group “encounters”, … Read more
Pray24Brum is an opportunity to begin the New Year praying together with other Christians for our city. Pray24Brum will next take place on the 23rd and 24th January 2026 and will be hosted by St Martin in the Bull Ring. We hope you will join us in prayer, come when you can, leave when you must. … Read more
Coming Home Birmingham – How can you and your church respond to the housing crisis? Inspired by the Church of England’s Coming Home Report, this event seeks to inspire churches, individuals and communities to see what’s possible in addressing the housing crisis, explore the part they can play, and connect them to people who can … Read more
More than £17.8m of funding has been awarded from the national Church of England to the Church of England Birmingham for the next phase of its strategy to ‘grow churches at the heart of each community.’ The grant will underpin the Church of England Birmingham’s four key strategies: Sustainability – £2.4m has been awarded to support … Read more
At a special Evensong held at Birmingham St Philip’s Cathedral on Saturday, the Right Revd Esther Prior was welcomed as 11th Bishop of Aston by Bishop of Birmingham, the Right Revd Michael Volland. She was also installed as an Honorary Canon of Birmingham Cathedral by the Very Revd Matt Thompson, Dean of Birmingham. Among the … Read more
Supported by close family members, friends and well-wishers, the Revd Canon Esther Prior was consecrated Bishop at Canterbury Cathedral yesterday, Thursday 27 February. A congregation of almost 2,000 people attended the service. The Right Revd Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York, presided over the ordination of the four candidates. Alongside Revd Canon Esther Prior, Revd Canon … Read more
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
Birmingham Churches Together is celebrating with the Church of England Birmingham, which has announced the appointment of the Revd Canon Esther Prior as next Bishop of Aston. Esther will be consecrated as Bishop in the early months of 2025 before commencing her ministry with the Church of England Birmingham. Born in Malawi, Esther will come … Read more
We are very sorry to have to announce the postponement of the HeartEdge Conference that had been booked for January 14th. Sadly we did not have enough attendees to make it worthwhile. A lot of feedback was that the date was too early in the year. So responding to those comments we have been able … Read more