Mission Of Faith
Charity 1136387
Overview
Summary
Mission Of Faith appears to be a faith-centred mutual-support organisation whose charitable role extends beyond worship into practical assistance during moments of financial and personal vulnerability. Its stated objects suggest an intended focus on asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants, while its reported activities emphasise support for members, overseas aid and funeral-related assistance. This may indicate a close-knit congregation-led model, though the available evidence does not show how far its wider refugee and immigrant remit is actively delivered.
Operational geography
Coverage: International
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct evidence confirms that the charity reports Sunday church services, Wednesday intercession prayers and counselling for members, but does not identify the venue or specific Birmingham area in which these activities take place.
- The charity's registered address is listed at Lozells Methodist Community Centre in Lozells, but there is no direct evidence that Mission Of Faith currently delivers its own services from that venue rather than using it as a correspondence address.
- The Charity Commission describes the charity's area of benefit as 'undefined' and 'in practice, local'. This supports a local Birmingham-facing operational identity but does not establish a particular neighbourhood, ward, district or citywide service footprint.
- The reported activity of providing overseas financial aid supports an international element to the charity's overall reach, but the countries, delivery mechanisms, partners and current scale of that work are not identified.
- No evidence was found of current delivery partnerships, additional physical sites or named Birmingham service locations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current service timetable, church notice, venue hire record or official organisation communication identifying where Sunday services and Wednesday prayers are held.
- A current annual report or trustees' report setting out the locations and scale of counselling, financial assistance and overseas aid.
- Confirmation from Mission Of Faith or Lozells Methodist Community Centre as to whether the registered address is an active delivery venue, and if so which services are delivered there.
- Details of any current delivery partners, referral arrangements or organisations through which overseas financial aid is provided.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- Children/young People
- People With Disabilities
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Other Finance
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith may be the organisation's main relationship infrastructure
The available evidence suggests that religious services, intercession prayers and counselling for members form the core setting through which Mission Of Faith identifies needs and offers support.
Why it matters
This helps distinguish the organisation from a general grant-maker: its practical support may depend substantially on trusted relationships within a worshipping community.
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“RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES AND WEDNESDAY INTERCESSION PRAYERS.”
Source:Organisation“COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR MEMBERS”
Source:Organisation“TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT INCLUDING PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND COUNSELLING”
Source:Charity Commission
It appears oriented toward direct, flexible relief rather than programme delivery
Financial aid, overseas assistance and help with funeral matters may indicate a model that responds to immediate individual or family needs rather than delivering clearly defined services or courses.
Why it matters
This suggests a potentially important role in addressing urgent gaps that formal services or restricted funding may not cover.
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“OVERSEAS FINANCIAL AIDS”
Source:Organisation“GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES SUCH AS FINANCIAL AID WITH FUNERAL MATTER”
Source:Organisation“Provides Other Finance”
Source:Charity Commission
There is a possible gap between the stated migrant-support remit and visible activity
The charity's objects explicitly include education, poverty relief and recreational provision for asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants, but the listed activities do not identify services for these groups.
Why it matters
This is worth exploring because the organisation may hold an under-documented capability for migrant communities, or its formal remit may currently exceed its active delivery.
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“TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS”
Source:Charity Commission“COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR MEMBERS”
Source:Organisation“OVERSEAS FINANCIAL AIDS”
Source:Organisation
- Whether asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants are currently reached, and whether they are mainly members or wider community beneficiaries.
- The scale, geography, eligibility rules and recipients of financial and overseas aid.
- Whether children, young people and disabled people receive tailored support.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity records showing beneficiaries, services delivered and amounts of aid provided.
- Information on referral relationships, membership access and partnerships with refugee, immigration or bereavement-support organisations.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
RELIGIOUS ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SUNDAY CHURCH SERVICES AND WEDNESDAY INTERCESSION PRAYERS. COUNSELLING SERVICES FOR MEMBERS OVERSEAS FINANCIAL AIDS GENERAL CHARITABLE PURPOSES SUCH AS FINANCIAL AID WITH FUNERAL MATTER
Charity objects
1 TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN FAITH IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL THINK FIT INCLUDING PROVISION OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES AND COUNSELLING 2 TO PROMOTE THE BENEFIT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS, REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS BY A THE ADVANCEMENT OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING, INCLUDING ASSISTANCE TO ATTEND COURSES B THE RELIEF OF POVERTY, AND C THE PROVISION OF RECREATIONAL FACILITIES IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE WITH THE OBJECT OF IMPROVING THEIR CONDITIONS OF LIFE