The Pentecost Church, La Pepiniere, Birmingham
Charity 1126958
Overview
Summary
The Pentecost Church, La Pepiniere appears to be a faith-based community anchor whose religious practice is closely linked to practical inclusion work. Its stated activities suggest a particular role in supporting African immigrant women, young people and men navigating integration, while maintaining a wider offer for children, older people and the public. The organisation seems to combine regular worship with advice, counselling, sport and community-facing support, potentially connecting pastoral relationships with social participation.
Operational geography
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Handsworth
Confidence: low
The organisation identifies an office address in Handsworth. However, an office address alone does not establish operational activity in the ward.
- La Pepiniere Ministries website
The website lists its office address in Handsworth, Birmingham. - Charity Commission Register of Charities, contact information for charity 1126958
The registered charity contact address is in Handsworth, Birmingham.
Remaining uncertainties
- The organisation's publicly advertised worship, prayer and youth meetings are held at a publicly named venue, but the available evidence does not identify any Birmingham venue where these activities are delivered.
- The Charity Commission records Birmingham City as the area in which the charity operates, but neither the register entry nor the website identifies the Birmingham neighbourhoods, venues or frequency of its youth integration, support for immigrant women, children's activities, counselling or sports work.
- The evidence supports a Birmingham-wide self-reported operating area, but does not demonstrate that services are routinely delivered across all parts of the city. The organisation may instead principally serve people connected to its church.
- No current material delivery partnerships, commissioned programmes or partner venues in Birmingham were identified from the official website or Charity Commission information.
- The website refers to support for people abroad, but the available information does not establish a current overseas delivery location or whether this work is direct delivery, fundraising or support through other organisations.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme or annual report identifying the venues and Birmingham neighbourhoods where youth, women's, children's, counselling and sports activities take place.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether the Handsworth office hosts services or is solely an administrative and correspondence address.
- Information on participant catchment areas, regular outreach locations and any delivery partners or venue agreements within Birmingham.
- Evidence explaining the basis for the Charity Commission declaration that the charity operates across Birmingham City.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Arts/culture/heritage/science
- Education/training
- General Charitable Purposes
- Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
- Other Charitable Purposes
- Overseas Aid/famine Relief
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Other Charitable Activities
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
Faith practice appears to be the platform for inclusion
The available evidence suggests that worship is not separate from the organisation's civic role: regular church gatherings may provide the relationships and trusted setting through which integration support, youth activity and counselling are delivered.
Why it matters
This helps explain the organisation as more than a place of worship. Its potential value may lie in combining spiritual belonging with accessible support for people who may be less likely to engage with mainstream services.
Show evidence
“The church holds worship services, prayer meetings and bi-weekly youth meetings.”
Source:Organisation“Activities include integration of youth within the community, support for immigrant women from Africa, children activities, and men's counselling and sports activities for integration.”
Source:Charity Commission
Integration is a recurring organising theme
Rather than offering only general charitable activity, the organisation appears to frame several activities around integration: youth, African immigrant women, and men participating through counselling and sport.
Why it matters
This may indicate a distinctive role in helping people build confidence, relationships and local participation across different age and gender groups, especially within an African diaspora community.
Show evidence
“Activities include integration of youth within the community.”
Source:Charity Commission“Activities include help and support for immigrant women from Africa and men's counselling and sports activities for integration.”
Source:Charity Commission
The organisation may connect local support with transnational concern
The evidence suggests a dual orientation: locally based community activity in Birmingham alongside concern for people abroad, potentially linking local congregational resources to overseas charitable support.
Why it matters
This could make the church an important connector between local civic life and international family, faith or diaspora networks, rather than an organisation defined only by its immediate neighbourhood.
Show evidence
“The church says it provides support to its local community and abroad to those in need.”
Source:Organisation“The charity's purposes include overseas aid/famine relief.”
Source:Charity Commission
- It is unclear whether activities are open beyond the congregation and how many people they reach.
- There is no evidence of local partners, referral relationships, funding sources or delivery capacity.
- The relationship between support for African immigrant women and the organisation's wider beneficiary groups is not described.
Remaining uncertainties
- Recent annual reports or activity reports showing participant numbers, outcomes and delivery methods.
- Information on local partnerships, referral routes and the organisations involved in overseas support.
- Accounts or funding information showing how community, counselling, sport and overseas activities are resourced.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
integration of youth within the community, help and support for immigrant women from Africa. Children activities within the church. Men's counselling and sports activities for integration.
Charity objects
TO ADVANCE THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TEACHING OF JESUS CHRIST AS GIVEN IN THE HOLY BIBLE.