I have been attending this Church for many years. I first came across it when I was on the way to…read morethe Drum for a Jazz Session. I heard the music, followed it and have been with them ever since. It is a vibrant, musical, apostolic church. Anna Zengeya, the Senior Pastors wife, is also an internationally known singer. The church moved from Carrs Lane Church Centre to St Lukes. I tend to go to the Musical Sunday every month. To date I've taken friends and family, members of the Choir With No Name, homeless people, dancer from GAP and anybody I meet on the way there. The congregation is mostly Zimbabwean. There is a warm friendly atmosphere in the church. Visitors are made welcome. The church is always beautifully decorated. Invitations to events, birthdays, homemaking, wedding is extended to all who attend the service. We've attended many of these over the years and everyone who attend comment on the hospitality. Generally it's said that churches are losing congregations but that's not true of African and Caribbean Churches. Over the years people have left to open another branch of the church and meet up at Conventions, meeting and special occasions like the Pastors' daughters' wedding last week. Do visit. You have an inspirational, spiritual, encouraging time. There're also a facebook pages for Anna Zengeya and Stanley Zengeya.

When I first came to Birmingham, I didn't know who St Martin was or that this was a church, all I…read moreknew was there was certainly a magnificent church facing me as I drank my coffee at Starbucks, across the way with glass windows with great views of this church, as a building it is spectacular and really livens up Birmingham and makes the "City core" nicer as a whole, and it is amazing to see just a thing within meters of The Bullring, Birmingham's rather large shopping center. I class myself as Roman Catholic, yet I wouldn't class myself as extremely religious but still this Church is a really nice place to spend some time around while in Birmingham, with it being a nice, old building to the point where it actually is a Grade II listed building and has 16 bells. The current church has been there since 1873, since the old one was demolished, however 143 years on, it is ironic to be still calling this the "New" church, but still history goes back into the 1500's, where it still stood with 4 bells in 1552. They isn't much to say other than this is a really nice building and makes Birmingham city center as a whole, due to this great church and piece of history being on the door-step of Birmingham city center, which helps make Birmingham stand out, and to me is one of the things that makes Birmingham what it is today, an answer to London's Buckingham Palace perhaps? UPDATE: When I visited Birmingham, I run out of superlatives to describe this church but still I can't help but feel I only gave it such a high rating because of location, and in my opinion I feel I was too generous and location focused in my rating, I don't think this church has done enough to deserve 4 stars yet and I feel St Martin's in the Bullring deserves a high three star rating.

This place is pretty beautiful...if you are a tourist in Birmingham I would definitely say its…read moreworth a look. Located right by the Bullring this almost gothic looking building has been amazingly restored as the new buildings have been built around it. For any locals check the church website as there is sometimes vintage sales and other events in the main hall. Obviously worth a look.

This church meets every Sunday between 10.30 -2.00 It's a…read morevibrant, colourful,inspirational church, part of Redeemed Christian Church of God. I used to go to prayer meeting on Wednesday evenings when they met at the Irish Centre. If I turned up too early for Irish Heritage Group, I'd join the church for a few minutes. Imagine my surprise when a friend invited me to a church in the Comfort Inn and I found my friends from the Prayer / Bible Meetings. The meeting rooms are also used as conference and business rooms during the week. On entering the Comfort Inn you are greeted by friendly, helpful staff. Toilets bar and lounge are downstairs. There is a wide-screen TV in the lounge. There is a water feature and lovely , 'Romeo and Juliet' stairs leading up to the first floor. The lift has been improved. There is a magazine bookcase as you come into the hotel on the right and a 'what's on rack', on the left. On the first floor on the left is the main church, on the right the other room used for other things. The service is encouraging, entertaining, spiritual. The congregation is friendly. After every service there are refreshments. Sometimes there's a meal. Occasionally there's a party. Lately, they've been using the Irish Centre for an Extravaganza and party. There is a service sheet week with a programme, RCCg Visions, Their Mandate, information about the venue, a hymnn, bank details, Bible Biscuits ( about 20 verses from the Bible) Announcemnets, Birthdays, Cell Groups (4, Holiness, Glory, Grace and Honour} Counselling details, websites as above and www.winnersworldforum The week in Winners World is thus: Wednesdays 6-7.30pm Digging Deep / Prayer Rains 1st Sunday of every month Thanksgiving Service 2nd Sunday of every month Dining with the King Last Sunday of the month Anointing Service 2nd Fridays 22.00 - 12.30am Night of Solutions 3rd Saturdays of every month Winning Woman's Prayer Do come along. You will be more than welcome

family of God Church meets here every week. its a welcoming charismatic church which rents the…read morespace from St Lukes. visitors are warmly acknowledged. the music as experienced at the monthly musical service is of a very high standard. some of the congregation including the pastors wife, Anna Zengera are nationally and internationally knownvisiting artistes are encouraged. the women decorate the church beautifully every week as you can see from the photos. refreshments are served after every service with a hot meal after the musical service. feel free to come and worship.

RIverside Church is a great, friendly, local church that I have been attending pretty much since I…read morearrived in Birmingham 15 years ago. The thing that attracted me to it initially was the fact that it was full of people my age, rather than just being old grannies. Not that there is anything wrong with old grannies - it's just nice to meet people you can connect with who are at a similar life stage to you. It meets in a school (Queensbridge) - which is good for people who are a bit scared of church buildings, but has a building on the Alcester Road in Moseley, which can also be hired out for events, and their performing arts training school runs from there. Riverside has a good outward-looking, community ethos: running various stay & play groups, youth groups, sports groups and courses so there's plenty to get stuck into during the week - it's not all about sitting on pews on Sundays.

Versitile building. Served well by local tranpsort. Good…read morerooms for hire, church, cafe and a separate counselling centre.

I have been to Carrs Lane Church on more than one occasion for work training sessions…read more It's location is very convenient for me as I was familiar with the bulding but had never entered it. The Church provides a large hall and smaller conference type rooms and catering was part of the deal. The service was friendly and the conference room was ample. The larger congregation room was full when I visited and a band played with full PA. Best seats in the house were up on the balcony!

Situated on the main road heading towards the Jewellery Quarter, the Birmingham Christian centre…read moreoffers a joyful place for those wishing to not only worship, but also be part of a loving community in the city centre. The building itself is pretty basic. It's got a large spacious auditorium with comfy chairs. For me, it really lacked the traditional feel of a church with stained glass windows but I guess when worshipping it shouldn't matter where you go. On a Sunday the choir really goes for it singing a varied selection of songs. More gospel type than classically Christian. I can't sing but if I could I would definitely get up and join in.

I'm new Christian and I find this church fun for age it a fanatic place to worship and study and…read morevery easy to find it's located across the road from UCB (Birmingham College of food) and the Ladywood job centre to do various activities and club in the week for the young and old and there mean church service on Sunday started from 9am till 2:15pm

One of the smallest cathedrals in the country apparently. Still quite big actually. It's called St…read morePhillips cathedral. It's a barque church. Queen Elizabeth has been here. It has a lot of greenery and benches around it, right in the city centre. Nice place to relax, but always remember going to church doesn't make you religious any more than standing in a garage makes you a car.

Birmingham Cathedral is an impressive Cathedral in the Snowhill area of Birmingham, it is fairly…read moreclose to the train station on Colmore Row. Also referred to as St Philip's Cathedral, it was built over 15 years starting in 1710 and is also surrounded by some nice gardens where there are benches, although the benches could have been better maintained in terms of appearance (paint, cleanliness etc) I was surprised to hear this is the third smallest cathedral in England - with only Derby and Chelmsford being smaller, but it still carries about that charm and grand structure so it does look good within the city and it's surrounding gardens, with even some information about the Cathedral too. It did suffer bombings during the second world war but was restored its current condition shortly after. A small but stunning church in the city centre of Birmingham, and one of my favourite Cathedrals in the UK despite it being one of the smallest. 4*

I first heard about The Space in May of 2014 and knew that it would be a very cool venue for an…read moreevent. Looking around at the places in the city, I wanted to have a Launch event for #BrumHour at a creative and fresh venue. The owner, Chandeep has been a great champion of BrumHour, so it felt right that the venue would be the best host. I went down to The Space for the first time at the start of August 2014 and the three rooms vary a lot in size. However, they are all painted a brilliant white with high ceilings and huge windows to let a lot of natural light in. The main room is the carter room and can host around 50 people. When I came to host my event at the start of February 2015, I had 30 people and 5 tables with creative businesses from around Birmingham to share their project work on them. Chandeep was very clear about pricing, and timescales and this gave me a huge confidence boost that everything would run pretty smoothly. I hired the venue for 4 hours and used it for a 2 hour event including setup and going live. It can be used as a dance and drama rehearsal space, a creative gallery, a small theatre room or even a board room! Check out the website for more photos.

Amazing service. You know a great business when all the tiny details, from initial enquiry all the…read moreway through to completion are perfect. I am a really fussy bu**** and like things just so. I like businesses that go the extra mile. I like people who anticipate what will make my life easier. The Space scored massively on all these counts. So, we needed a small meeting room away from our busy office to strategize and plan. All our usual meeting options where full, other venues either couldn't be bothered responding or were to pricey or not quite right. Normally a local coffee shop or similar could fit the bill, but not for this kind of meeting. I knew of The Space through Twitter, as another Jewellery Quarter business, so I dropped them a line. I quick response confirmed everything I needed to know and prices where very competitive. Booking was super easy. We all arrived to be greeted by the helpful and friendly owner (I think) and shown around. Our room was perfect. Tea and coffee and biscuits provided, self serve. The tea mugs were neatly arranged, the tea spoons were ready in clean water, water jug and glasses all arranged on the table, the heater was on, the chairs and tables just right. What this attention to details means is that we could simply relax and focus on the business of the day. It was a great meeting and the venue and service received went at least some way towards allowing that to happen. Worth noting that although The Space is kinda in the middle of an industrial estate it's also very close to the bus routes on Great Hampton St, the JQ station and maybe 5-6 minutes walk from Snow Hill. You can also grab a nice lunch at the equally excellent The Lord Clifden if you need to, tho the venue does do meeting catering upon request. Highly recommended all 'round!