Redeemed Christian Church Of God ("Rccg") Testimony Parish Birmingham City
Charity 1085035
https://rccgtestimonyparish.org.uk/
Overview
Summary
RCCG Testimony Parish Birmingham appears to be a faith-centred community institution whose role extends beyond worship into mutual support, moral encouragement and modest poverty relief. Its local significance may lie partly in its capacity to generate new congregations: established in Birmingham in 1999, it reports creating two further parishes. The available evidence suggests a church organised around regular gathering, pastoral leadership and member-to-member care, but provides little detail on its reach beyond its congregation or on the scale of its poverty-relief work.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Soho and Jewellery Quarter
Confidence: low
The parish’s current official website identifies Winson Green, Birmingham as its contact and meeting location, and lists weekly Sunday, Thursday and Saturday services there. Available evidence does not directly establish the ward.
- RCCG Testimony Birmingham official website — Contact Us
The parish identifies Winson Green, Birmingham as its contact and meeting location. - RCCG Testimony Birmingham official website — About Us
The website lists weekly Sunday worship, Thursday prayer meetings and Saturday Bible study/prayer, alongside its Winson Green, Birmingham meeting location.
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates, which supports a citywide coverage type; however, the available public evidence identifies only one current service venue and does not show how services, poverty relief or pastoral support are distributed across Birmingham.
- The official website says the parish previously created RCCG Testimony Parish West Bromwich and RCCG Love Foundation Assembly King Norton. This is evidence of historical church-planting relationships, not enough to establish that those parishes are currently operated by this charity or that they materially extend its present operational footprint.
- The charity’s registered contact address is in Dudley, while its stated worship and meeting venue is in Winson Green, Birmingham. The evidence supports treating the Dudley address as correspondence or administration rather than a Birmingham operational site.
- Public sources do not establish whether the stated worship and meeting venue is owned, leased or shared by the charity; the Charity Commission confirms that the charity owns and/or leases land or property but does not identify the property.
Additional evidence needed
- The latest trustees’ annual report or a current service/impact report specifying where poverty-relief, advice or community-support activity is delivered and where beneficiaries are reached.
- Current official pages or formal governance evidence for the West Bromwich and King Norton parishes, clarifying their legal and operational relationship to charity number 1085035.
- A current venue, property or hiring record confirming the parish’s tenure and use of its stated worship and meeting venue.
Areas of work
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
A congregation with a reproducing local footprint
The parish appears to function not only as a single worshipping community but as a source of further local church formation. The creation of two parishes may indicate that growth has been translated into a wider neighbourhood presence rather than remaining concentrated at one site.
Why it matters
This suggests its influence may be better understood as a small local network than as one standalone organisation. It raises useful questions about whether the newer parishes share leadership, members, services or community connections.
Show evidence
“RCCG Testimony Parish Birmingham was established in Birmingham in April 1999.”
Source:Organisation“Two new parishes had been created: RCCG Testimony Parish West Bromwich and RCCG Love Foundation Assembly King Norton.”
Source:Organisation
Mutual aid appears embedded in its religious model
Poverty relief seems to be framed primarily through care for members, combining financial and moral support with religious teaching and encouragement. This may make the parish an important informal support structure for people already connected to the congregation.
Why it matters
It distinguishes the organisation from a generalist advice or relief provider: access to support may depend substantially on membership and relationships. Understanding this boundary is important when assessing its contribution to wider local support systems.
Show evidence
“The charity's objects include the relief of poverty.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity helps members in need financially and morally.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity supports children and young people, elderly people and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
Regular gatherings may be its main civic infrastructure
The parish appears to build connection through frequent, structured meetings rather than through a separately described programme of community services. Worship, prayer and Bible study may also provide recurring spaces for information-sharing, belonging and identifying need.
Why it matters
This points to a form of civic value that may be missed by service inventories: routine relationships can enable support before needs become visible to formal agencies.
Show evidence
“Sunday services are held weekly from 11:00am to 1:00pm.”
Source:Organisation“Prayer meetings are held on Thursdays and Bible study and prayers are held on Saturdays.”
Source:Organisation“The parish encourages love among members and encourages them to be good citizens of their community.”
Source:Organisation
- Whether poverty relief or advice is available beyond congregation members.
- The number, profile and geographic reach of beneficiaries.
- Whether the two newer parishes remain operationally connected to the Birmingham parish.
- What partnerships, if any, the parish has with local voluntary, public or faith organisations.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity records showing beneficiaries, services, expenditure and outcomes.
- Evidence of referrals, partnerships and community-facing programmes beyond worship.
- Current information on the governance and relationship between the Birmingham parish and the two reported daughter parishes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
1. Setting-up of churches in all nations where each person can develop a thriving relationship with God by increasing their knowledge of Him and of His plans for their future ??? both here on earth and in the afterlife 2. Encourage love among members and encourage them to be good citizens of their community 3. Help members in need financially and morally.
Charity objects
THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH WORLDWIDE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOCTRINES SET OUT IN THE STATEMENT OF FAITH CONTAINED IN THE SCHEDULE AND THE RELIEF OF POVERTY