The Redeemed Christian Church Of God Living Glory Community Chapel
Charity 1148422
Overview
Summary
The available evidence suggests that Living Glory Community Chapel operates as more than a worship congregation: it appears to use a regular faith-based gathering structure to create a multi-generational community support hub. Its activities combine spiritual practice, children’s recreation, youth participation, women’s learning and informal social contact, while its charitable objects and stated methods also position poverty relief as part of its purpose. The evidence does not yet show the scale, reach or practical form of that relief work.
Operational geography
Coverage: Citywide
Operational areas:
Evidence and reasoning
Supporting evidence
Remaining uncertainties
- The Charity Commission record states that the charity operates in the City of Birmingham, which supports a citywide overall footprint, but it does not identify the neighbourhoods, venues or service locations involved.
- The charity's listed activities include regular worship, prayer, youth music practice, children's sessions, women's sessions and coffee mornings, but the available evidence does not state where those activities take place.
- The charity's registered contact address does not establish that it is a current service-delivery or worship site. The Charity Commission record also states that the charity does not own or lease land or property.
- No material delivery partnerships, satellite venues or externally operated projects were identified in the available evidence.
- The organisation's official website could not be retrieved, so it could not be used to verify current venue information, local programmes or partnerships.
Additional evidence needed
- A current programme, timetable or venue listing showing where regular services and community activities are delivered.
- A current annual return, trustees' report or impact report identifying the Birmingham localities served and any partner organisations.
- Confirmation from the organisation of whether its registered contact address is used for activities, administration only, or neither.
- Official partner or venue information evidencing any delivery outside the organisation's principal base.
Areas of work
- Amateur Sport
- Religious Activities
- The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
Who they help
- Children/young People
- Elderly/old People
- People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
- The General Public/mankind
How they help
- Makes Grants To Individuals
- Makes Grants To Organisations
- Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- Provides Services
Discoveries involving this organisation
The Atlas has not published any Discoveries involving this organisation yet.
Observations
A congregation structured as a weekly community hub
The organisation appears to use a rhythm of activities across most days of the week to sustain ongoing relationships rather than limiting its role to Sunday worship.
Why it matters
This indicates that its local value may lie partly in continuity, trust and repeated contact: conditions that can make informal support, advice and referrals more accessible.
Show evidence
“Activities include Sunday family service, Thursday bible study, Friday prayer meeting, Saturday youth music practice, Saturday children’s bridge activities and Wednesday coffee mornings.”
Source:Organisation
Intergenerational participation is a central operating feature
The programme appears designed to involve children, young people, adults and older people through distinct but potentially connected activities.
Why it matters
Organisations able to convene several generations may hold useful relationship capital: they can notice household needs, reduce isolation and create routes for families to participate together.
Show evidence
“Saturday bridge activities are for children aged 4 to 16.”
Source:Organisation“Activities include youth music practice, married women sessions and Wednesday coffee mornings.”
Source:Organisation“The charity helps children/young people, elderly/old people, people of a particular ethnic or racial origin and the general public.”
Source:Charity Commission
Poverty relief may be embedded within a broader relational offer
Although poverty relief is a formal charitable object, the listed activities emphasise community, learning and wellbeing rather than a clearly defined material-relief service. This may indicate that support is delivered informally, through grants, advice or relationships within the congregation.
Why it matters
This distinction matters when identifying complementary partners: the organisation may be better understood as a trusted access point to support than as a specialist poverty-relief provider, pending further evidence.
Show evidence
“The relief of poverty is a charitable object.”
Source:Charity Commission“The charity makes grants to individuals and organisations, provides services, and provides advocacy/advice/information.”
Source:Charity Commission“Married women sessions include awareness raising, healthy living and cookery classes.”
Source:Organisation
- How poverty relief is delivered, who receives it and how often it is provided.
- Whether activities primarily serve a particular ethnic community, the wider neighbourhood, or both.
- The organisation’s scale, venue, partnerships and links with other local support services.
Remaining uncertainties
- Examples and annual figures for grants, advice, material support and poverty-relief beneficiaries.
- Attendance, participant demographics and geographic reach for each activity.
- Information on referral pathways, partner organisations and community outcomes.
Additional evidence needed
Charity Commission profile
Activities
Our charity is a christian religious organisation. our activities include our Sunday family service, Thursday bible sturdy, Friday prayer meeting. Saturday youth music practice, one a month married women session ( awareness raising, health living, cookery classes etc) every Saturday girls and boys bridgege for children between the age of 4- 16. coffee morning every Wednesday mornings
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. THE RELIEF OF POVERTY.