Shiloh Apostolic Church Landmark
Charity 1187646
Overview
Summary
Shiloh Apostolic Church Landmark appears to combine a clearly defined Apostolic religious identity with a modest, community-facing support role. Its operating model seems to use the church as both a worshipping community and an accessible first point of contact for people facing social or personal difficulties, offering advice, referral and food support while maintaining youth engagement. The available evidence suggests that practical help is framed as part of the church’s religious and civic responsibilities rather than as a separate programme.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- Direct current evidence from the Charity Commission records that the charity operates in Birmingham City, but does not identify any Birmingham ward, neighbourhood, venue or service-delivery point.
- The charity's currently recorded contact address is outside Birmingham; it should not be treated as evidence of a Birmingham operational site.
- A 2020-21 trustees' annual report and a 2022 Birmingham faith-community map list a historic Birmingham address, but neither source establishes that this remains a current service or worship site.
- The Charity Commission record states that the charity does not own or lease land or property, increasing uncertainty about the location and stability of its current delivery venues.
- Fairetrade is identified as the source of food for the foodbank, but the available evidence does not establish a partnership that materially extends the charity's operational reach within Birmingham.
Additional evidence needed
- A current trustees' annual report or annual return describing the locations and frequency of foodbank, advice, youth-intervention and religious-service activity.
- Current official church communications confirming any worship or community-service venue in Birmingham.
- Confirmation from the organisation of the neighbourhoods or wards in which its public-facing services are delivered.
Areas of work
- General Charitable Purposes
- Religious Activities
Who they help
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
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Observations
Faith practice and practical support appear deliberately integrated
The organisation appears to treat community support as an expression of its religious mission. Its objects connect worship and doctrinal teaching with duties towards fellow human beings, while its activities describe advice, referral and foodbank provision.
Why it matters
This suggests the church may be understood not only as a place of worship, but as a trusted community access point where pastoral, practical and spiritual needs can overlap.
Show evidence
“Its aim is to achieve a balance of corporate worship with social responsibilities to the wider community.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity serves the public as an open help centre by advising and redirecting people to professional assistance where needed.”
Source:Charity Commission
The church may function as an early-intervention and referral gateway
Rather than claiming to resolve every identified issue itself, the organisation appears to offer initial support and signposting to specialist help. This may indicate a boundary-aware role within a wider support system.
Why it matters
Understanding this distinction helps identify potential relationships with advice, health, safeguarding and statutory services, and clarifies that the church’s value may lie partly in accessibility and trusted referral.
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“The charity serves the public as an open help centre by advising and redirecting people to professional assistance where needed.”
Source:Charity Commission“This involves any kind of social or personal issues that the church may identify and is equipped to address.”
Source:Charity Commission
Youth activity appears relational rather than programme-specific
The weekly youth intervention seems centred on regular gathering, encouragement and support, suggesting a preventative relationship-based approach rather than a narrowly defined service.
Why it matters
Regular contact can create continuity and belonging for young people, but the absence of detail leaves open important questions about reach, safeguarding, leadership and the issues being addressed.
Show evidence
“Youth intervention is provided via young people getting together weekly during which encouragement and support are provided.”
Source:Charity Commission
- Which communities use the foodbank, advice and youth support, and whether access extends beyond the congregation.
- Which professional services and Christian movements the church works with in practice.
- The scale, frequency and outcomes of its community-facing activities.
Remaining uncertainties
- Information on service users, demand, referral pathways and outcomes for the help centre and foodbank.
- Details of youth provision, including age groups, safeguarding arrangements, partners and intended outcomes.
- Evidence of current collaborations with local services, food suppliers and other churches.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
The charity is a church which serves the public as an open help centre by advising, redirecting to professional assistance where needed. The charity also operates a foodbank to the public. Food is currently obtained from Fairetrade. Youth intervention is provided via young people get together weekly during which encouragement and support are provided. Religious services are open to the public.
Charity objects
LANDMARK CHURCH IS CALLED TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE GENERAL BELIEFS OF THE ÔAPOSTOLIC FAITHÖ. WE ENDEAVOUR TO MAINTAIN THE BIBLICAL MANDATE, TO PROCLAIM THE APOSTLEÆS DOCTRINE WHICH INCLUDES ONE OF THE CENTRAL DOCTRINES THEOLOGICALLY CALLED ÔTHE ONENESS OF GODÖ. WE ENDEAVOUR TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AND OTHERS IN THE THINGS OF GOD AND TO DECLARE IT TO AS MANY AS WE CAN. IT IS OUR AIM TO MAINTAIN WORSHIP OF THE BIBLICAL GOD, AND TO BE ALWAYS CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR DUTIES TOWARDS OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. THIS INVOLVES ANY KIND OF SOCIAL OR PERSONAL ISSUES THAT WE MAY IDENTIFY AND ARE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS. OUR CONSISTENT AIM IS TO ACHIEVE THE BALANCE OF CORPORATE WORSHIP WITH OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY ITÆS OUR CUSTOM TO ASSOCIATE WITH OTHER CHRISTIAN MOVEMENTS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHERS OF LIKE DOCTRINE. WE THEREFORE PLEDGE OUR LIVES TO CHRIST, HIS COVENANT AND TO THE RULES AND COVENANT OF THE CHURCH. ADDITIONALLY WE ENDEAVOUR TO OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND AS WE ENGAGE IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST. LANDMARK CHURCH IS CALLED TO PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST AND THE GENERAL BELIEFS OF THE ÔAPOSTOLIC FAITHÖ. WE ENDEAVOUR TO MAINTAIN THE BIBLICAL MANDATE, TO PROCLAIM THE APOSTLEÆS DOCTRINE WHICH INCLUDES ONE OF THE CENTRAL DOCTRINES THEOLOGICALLY CALLED ÔTHE ONENESS OF GODÖ. WE ENDEAVOUR TO EDUCATE OURSELVES AND OTHERS IN THE THINGS OF GOD AND TO DECLARE IT TO AS MANY AS WE CAN. IT IS OUR AIM TO MAINTAIN WORSHIP OF THE BIBLICAL GOD, AND TO BE ALWAYS CONSCIOUSNESS OF OUR DUTIES TOWARDS OUR FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS. THIS INVOLVES ANY KIND OF SOCIAL OR PERSONAL ISSUES THAT WE MAY IDENTIFY AND ARE EQUIPPED TO ADDRESS. OUR CONSISTENT AIM IS TO ACHIEVE THE BALANCE OF CORPORATE WORSHIP WITH OUR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITIES TO THE WIDER COMMUNITY ITÆS OUR CUSTOM TO ASSOCIATE WITH OTHER CHRISTIAN MOVEMENTS AND WORK CLOSELY WITH OTHERS OF LIKE DOCTRINE. WE THEREFORE PLEDGE OUR LIVES TO CHRIST, HIS COVENANT AND TO THE RULES AND COVENANT OF THE CHURCH. ADDITIONALLY WE ENDEAVOUR TO OBEY THE LAWS OF THE LAND AS WE ENGAGE IN CHRISTIAN MINISTRY AND PROCLAIM THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST.