Birmingham Korean Church
Charity 1150640
Overview
Summary
Birmingham Korean Church appears to be a faith community whose public role extends modestly beyond worship into neighbourhood stewardship. Its stated charitable remit is broad, but the available activity evidence centres on prayer, Bible teaching and street cleaning. The organisation may therefore function both as a Korean-language Christian congregation and as a small civic presence embedded in a shared local venue. Its website provides signs of ongoing worship activity, but offers limited evidence about wider services, partnerships or the communities reached.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Weoley and Selly Oak
Confidence: low
The organisation's official website identifies Weoley Hill United Reformed Church as its location and presents worship, Bible-study and church activity. The supplied Birmingham City Council ward material is consistent with this venue being within the identified Weoley and Selly Oak ward geography, but does not directly establish this.
- Birmingham Korean Church official website
The site gives the church location as 'Weoley Hill united reformed church' and lists Sunday worship, Wednesday worship, weekday school and family worship. Retrieved content also included a Sunday-service video dated 18 May 2025. - Charity Commission record supplied for Birmingham Korean Church
The charity address is recorded as Weoley Hill Church. Its stated activities include prayer and Bible sermons/meetings and a street-cleaning campaign to maintain a clean community environment. - Weoley Hill United Reformed Church official website
The venue identifies itself as Weoley Hill United Reformed Church in Selly Oak, Birmingham. - Birmingham City Council new ward maps / Weoley and Selly Oak ward material
The Council publishes the Weoley and Selly Oak ward map; its ward information also identifies nearby locations as being in Weoley and Selly Oak.
Remaining uncertainties
- There is direct evidence of a single operating venue, but no current evidence that Birmingham Korean Church delivers regular services from additional sites or in other Birmingham wards.
- The charity's street-cleaning activity indicates local community-facing work, but the available material does not identify the frequency or geographic extent of that work.
- Use of Weoley Hill United Reformed Church is evidenced as the church's operating location, but the available evidence does not establish the formal nature of the arrangement or show that it extends Birmingham Korean Church's activity beyond this venue.
- A neighbourhood coverage type is a reasonable interpretation of the evidenced single-site footprint, not evidence that all attendees or beneficiaries are drawn only from the surrounding ward.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, annual report or service timetable confirming the locations of worship, Bible meetings, weekday school and community activity after 2025.
- Details of the street-cleaning campaign, including the neighbourhoods covered and whether activity is delivered directly by the church or with partner organisations.
- Confirmation from the church of any additional venues, outreach locations or materially significant delivery partnerships in Birmingham.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith practice appears to be the organisation’s operating core
The available evidence suggests that worship, sermon delivery and Bible meetings are the church’s primary means of advancing its charitable purpose, rather than a separate programme of social provision.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish a congregation with a civic contribution from a charity principally organised around commissioned or specialist services. Potential relationships may be strongest with faith, language-community and pastoral-support networks.
Show evidence
“Activities include prayer to God, sermons with the Bible and hosting Bible meetings.”
Source:Charity Commission“Its objects include advancing the Christian faith for the public benefit.”
Source:Charity Commission“The website includes live Sunday worship, Wednesday worship, weekday school and family worship.”
Source:Organisation
Environmental care may be its clearest outward-facing civic practice
Street cleaning and maintaining a clean environment appear to be the only specifically non-congregational activity identified. This may indicate a practical, place-based expression of the church’s public-benefit mission.
Why it matters
Although seemingly small-scale, this activity could create a bridge between a culturally specific congregation and its immediate neighbourhood, offering a potential basis for collaboration with local environmental or residents’ groups.
Show evidence
“Activities include a street cleaning campaign and maintaining a clean environment in the community.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps the general public and other charities or voluntary bodies.”
Source:Charity Commission
The church appears to operate through shared local infrastructure
Use of Weoley Hill United Reformed Church’s address may indicate that Birmingham Korean Church is hosted by, rents from, or otherwise shares facilities with another church. The nature of that relationship is not evidenced.
Why it matters
Shared premises can be more than logistical: they may shape access to local networks, reduce overheads and create opportunities for intercultural or ecumenical collaboration.
Show evidence
“The website gives the location as Weoley Hill united reformed church, Green Meadow Road, Birmingham, B29 4DE.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether the church provides pastoral, welfare, language or settlement support beyond worship.
- Who participates in or benefits from the church’s activities, including whether it reaches Korean residents beyond its congregation.
- The scale, regularity and local partners of the street-cleaning activity.
- The nature of its relationship with Weoley Hill United Reformed Church.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent church news, programme information or annual reports showing activities, attendance and community outcomes.
- Evidence of partnerships, referrals, shared events or facility arrangements with local organisations.
- Information from participants or local residents about the church’s role in the wider community.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Pray to God and sermon with Bible. Hosting bible meeting. Street cleaning campaign and maintaining clean enviroment in the community.
Charity objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC. 2. TO FURTHER SUCH CHARITABLE PURPOSES FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT AS ARE EXCLUSIVELY CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES AS THE TRUSTEES MAY FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.