Flora Davis from Wakefield Baptist Church tells the story of work with asylum seekers in Wakefield. Wakefield hosts the Home Office dispersal centre for the north-east of England. This means that there are always around 200 asylum seekers in the city, most of them newly arrived in the UK and all …
Asylum and Migration
10 Reasons to Celebrate 2016
With #annushorribilis and #worstyearever becoming increasingly popular hashtags on Twitter, many people are breathing sighs of relief that 2016 is nearly over. But whether 2016 has been your worst year ever or joyful from start to finish, we think there are things to rejoice over. So here it is, …
Ayana’s story
A Very British Nativity was inspired by the story of a young woman named Ayana, 26, who left her home country of Eritrea over eleven years ago. Since arriving in the UK in 2008 Ayana has experienced homelessness and physical abuse, and even had her temporary accommodation withdrawn after the death …
A Very British Christmas: Ayana’s story
A Very British Christmas. What images does that phrase conjure up in your head? For many of us, the idea of A Very British Christmas equates to the promise of the annual Strictly Come Dancing special, or the arrival of Pret’s Christmas sandwich range. Of course, for decades, Christian …
A Very British Nativity
We are pleased to present our new campaign video, A Very British Nativity: If you’d like to download the film for a church service or to share off-line, download from vimeo here. We hope that you think our cast are as talented and endearing as we do, but the intention is that this film …
Have we already forgotten about the refugee crisis?
It’s been a busy few weeks in politics, to say the least. What’s happened? Well, Brexit, leadership elections on both sides, and a new Prime Minister, installed just yesterday, for good measure. Can you remember life before the referendum? It seems a long time ago now, and sometimes, it feels …
A story for use at Christmas time
For two days now we had hardly slept or eaten. We just kept on walking, following the refugee trail, seeking to put as much distance as we could between ourselves and those who wished us certain harm. Even now I fear every noise and every stranger; the images of heartless slaughter still etched into …
The refugees’ story – a reflection
For two days now we had hardly slept or eaten. We just kept on walking, following the refugee trail, seeking to put as much distance as we could between ourselves and those who wished us certain harm. Even now I fear every noise and every stranger; the images of heartless slaughter still etched into …
Joint Statement on Syria
The Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church in Britain and the United Reformed Church have released a joint statement on military action in Syria: Our churches: – Express our abhorrence of the actions of ISIS/Daesh in Syria and their support of terrorist …
The Methodist Church in Birmingham and Citizens UK Birmingham
We spoke to Revd David Butterworth about the work being done by Birmingham Churches in response to the refugee crisis: Few cities are responding as proactively to the refugee crisis as Birmingham. The work of the Methodist Church in Birmingham, combined with the efforts of Citizens UK, has …