News & Stories


Choir stalls ...or Sesame Street

29th April 2021

Coleshill parish church choir stall end bears a likeness to Sesame Street's Big Bird


Hidden in Plain Sight

27th April 2021

Bishop Anne writes on modern slavery and the part our churches can play.


Energy Footprint Tool

26th April 2021

The Church of England Birmingham is focussed on the CofE target for all parts of the church to work to become carbon 'net zero' by 2030


"Racism is a sin which disfigures God's image in us."

22nd April 2021

From Lament To Action: the report of the CofE Archbishops' Anti-Racism Taskforce is published today. The Bishop of Birmingham, David Urquhart, said in response,


Bishop's Comment: The Transformation of Easter Day

7th April 2021

The first century Christian disciples were not ready for Jesus' death, nor for a rapid resurrection. Twenty-first century human beings were not ready for COVID-19, nor for a long disruption.


Malawi Update: latest COVID news

6th April 2021

Through January and early February, the South African variant caused a major spike in cases


Climate Sunday

25th March 2021

An important part of Eco Church is making sure that our church worship helps us to be aware of our interconnectedness with all of God's creation, and encourages us to be good stewards of that creation.  


Bishop's Comment: Simpler, Humbler, Bolder

2nd March 2021

In a month that starts with St David's Day my thoughts turn across the Marches, not just to commend the Welsh rugby team's recent Triple Crown victory, but to draw deeply on poetic and biblical inspiration.


From churches closing to big hearts in parks… Langley Centre of Mission is up and running!

22nd February 2021

The Centre of Mission is a partnership between Church of England Birmingham and the Church Army, with generous support from Archbishops Council in the form of Strategic Development Funding


Why the Church should care about Housing – Work of the Housing, Church and Community Commission

18th February 2021

The goal of the CofE Housing, Church and Community Commission, launched by Archbishop Justin in April 2019, has been to re-imagine housing in our nation, and to ask, first, what the church can do to alleviate the crisis and then to ask what others might do.

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