Selly Oak Methodist Church
A bit more...
We think deeply about our faith at SOMC. This means that we won’t necessarily be able to give a short answer to complex questions. And that we won’t all agree about every detail of what we believe, and are comfortable with this. The best way to find out about us in depth is come along and see.
Most of what we believe we hold in common with the vast majority of Christian churches. We believe in a God of love who created us and all things. In Jesus Christ, God became fully human. Through Jesus’ life, death on a cross and resurrection we can be reconciled with God and our broken world restored. God continues to be present with us today through God’s Holy Spirit, inviting each of us into relationship with the divine and transforming us and our world.
When we ask our members what makes SOMC distinctive they often talk about our passion for social justice, valuing people of all generations, and celebrating diversity of race, sexuality and abilities.
We are part of the Methodist Church of Great Britain which is committed to being a growing, evangelistic, inclusive, justice-seeking Church – so that new people become disciples of Jesus Christ, faith deepens for everyone, and diverse communities and churches experience transformation.
What do we do for students?
To be honest, we are still working through what our priorities and pattern of activities will be in a post-pandemic world. Many of our members have links to universities and academic life, and several joined as as students and have never left, but we are not a student dominated church. Instead we offer opportunity to engage with community that is relational, local and global.
When & Where
Langleys Road, Selly Oak
Birmingham
West Midlands
B29 6HT
We meet 10:30am for English-language worship each Sunday at Langleys Road. A couple of services per month are also available via Zoom.
Our Shona (Zimbabwean) worship will soon restart on Sunday afternoons
Small groups ("Class groups") meet at various times through the week to share journeys into discipleship, explore faith together, pray and support each other.