Christ Faith Tabernacle International
Charity 1105674
Overview
Summary
Christ Faith Tabernacle International appears to operate primarily as a worship-centred Christian ministry with an outward-facing ambition: its charitable purpose is worldwide religious advancement, while its public language frames the church as a caring family, a source of prayer and pastoral encouragement, and an agent of social change. Its regular livestreamed services and invitations for donations, prayer requests and testimonies suggest a model that combines congregational life with digitally extended participation. Evidence of poverty relief exists in the stated activities, but its practical form and scale are not yet visible.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence: the Charity Commission entry currently lists Birmingham City among the places where the charity operates. However, it does not identify a Birmingham ward, service location, activity type or beneficiary catchment.
- Direct evidence: the organisation's official branches page identifies its 'CFT Birmingham' branch in Smethwick. Sandwell Council also identifies Christ Faith Tabernacle and Christian Life Centre at that site.
- Reasonable interpretation: the branch is likely intended to serve the wider Birmingham urban area, which may explain the charity's Birmingham City declaration. However, the published site is in Smethwick, within Sandwell, rather than within any of the supplied Birmingham wards or the City Centre place.
- No current evidence identifies a physical site, regular service, outreach activity, or material delivery partnership within a supplied Birmingham ward. It would therefore be inappropriate to assign an operational area within Birmingham.
- No evidence was found of partnerships that materially extend the organisation's operational reach specifically within Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current branch timetable, contact page, annual report or official programme identifying services or outreach delivered within Birmingham City Council boundaries.
- The ward location of any Birmingham-based congregation, community programme, food-relief activity or partner-delivered service.
- Evidence clarifying whether the Smethwick branch delivers organised services in Birmingham itself, rather than serving Birmingham residents from its Sandwell site.
- Details of any formal Birmingham delivery partners and the locations and nature of the activity they provide.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- 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
A local worship community with a borderless ministry model
The available evidence suggests that CFT combines a church-based community identity with an international or dispersed audience strategy. Regular livestreams create a route for participation beyond physical attendance, consistent with its worldwide charitable object.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish CFT from a solely place-based congregation: its relationships, influence and potential beneficiaries may extend through digital ministry as well as local worship.
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“TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WORLDWIDE.”
Source:Charity Commission“Live CFT services are streamed here every Tuesday at 7pm, every Friday at 7pm, and every Sunday at 10am.”
Source:Organisation
Belonging and participation appear central to its operating model
CFT appears to present faith not only as teaching or worship, but as a participatory support system built around prayer, testimony and shared identity.
Why it matters
This indicates that its civic contribution may include informal spiritual and relational support, although the reach and depth of that support remain unknown.
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“a family caring church”
Source:Organisation“At CFT we are committed to upholding the Body of Christ in constant prayer.”
Source:Organisation“We’d also love to hear from you if you have a testimony to God’s unfailing love.”
Source:Organisation
Its social-change language exceeds the visible evidence of practical delivery
CFT links its religious identity to poverty relief and national change, but the supplied material does not show programmes, partners, locations or outcomes through which these ambitions are delivered.
Why it matters
This is an important question rather than a criticism: clarifying the practical expression of these commitments would reveal whether CFT is primarily a ministry provider, a direct relief organisation, or a convenor of wider action.
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“The propagation of the gospel, the advancement of the Christian Faith and the relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission“affecting change in our nation”
Source:Organisation
- How poverty relief is delivered, and which communities receive it.
- Whether international ministry trips involve partnerships, direct services or primarily religious outreach.
- The scale and geographic reach of its congregation, online audience and volunteer base.
Remaining uncertainties
- Annual reports or activity reports describing programmes, beneficiaries, expenditure and outcomes.
- Information on local and international partners, ministry-trip activity and community projects.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The propagation of the gospel, the advancement of the Christian Faith and the relief of poverty.
Charity objects
1. TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION WORLDWIDE 2. THE OBJECT TO BE CARRIED OUT AS A PROCLAMATION OF THE BELIEFS SET OUT IN CLAUSE 5 OF THE MEMORANDUM OF ASSOCIATION.