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B1 is a community of people committed to journeying with the spiritually interested as they explore Jesus Christ. We’re here to help others make creative connections to God. Church is often the last place people think of to find a safe place for spiritual questioning. That’s why we’re engaged in trying to re-imagine a church more accessible for the cultural contexts of our day.
We are a fresh expression of church and are exploring what it might mean for us to be a new monastic community in 2012 Birmingham...click on the links for more information!
Though we are committed to the city centre, we relate through networks of relationships that span Birmingham. We believe this approach best fits the fluidity of urban life these days. If you’re looking for a church that values friendship, creativity, community, respect, and fun, why not check us out? You can click on the events calendar to find out what’s going on. There are many ways to get involved in B1. We encourage people to participate and enjoy belonging. The Christian journey is an adventure and we believe in having fun as we work out together what it all means.
To find out more, get in touch via our connect page!
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B1 began back in January 2001 as an experiment in re-designing church to suit the cultural preferences of people between the ages of 20 and 40. We started with a core group of 27 adults and 16 children. None of us really knew what B1 would come to look like, but we knew that there were large sections of the population and many sub-cultures completely switched off institutional church. We couldn’t go on doing church as it had been done before.
We decided on the name B1, partly because it’s the postcode of central Birmingham, but also because it speaks of the value we place on being community. We wanted to create a church in which people felt comfortable belonging before they were required to behave or believe the “right things”. Early days were spent in Walkabout Inn and Edward’s Bar on Broad Street.. Meeting people on neutral cultural space was important to us.
We called ourselves a network church, because parish boundaries seemed anachronistic in a large city like Birmingham. In an increasingly mobile society, people live work, relax, socialise and worship in a variety of different communities or locations. The idea of a network church was that people who tried us out would have interests and friendships in common, rather a common identity derived from geographical place.
B1 belongs to the Church of England, though we recognise that denominational labels no longer matter to most people. We have good relations with other city churches, because we recognise that we don’t have all the answers.
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