BV News
Impact Report - Overseas Mission
The Dalitso Trust is just one of the overseas organisations that we’re able to support because of your generosity. Here’s the latest update from Tom and Ali :
In 2002 we started the Dalitso Trust in Malawi and moved to Birmingham in 2012 leaving a talented team led by Chippo to continue the work on the ground. We visited recently in July to encourage the team and local Vineyard churches.
Our 4 areas of work continue to bring change to local communities:
Dalitso Grow – Planting Vineyard churches. 3 are established and 3 small groups are in new areas which we hope will grow.
Dalitso Play – Serving 40 families a week with educational play sessions.
Dalitso leaders – Teaching 18 church leaders practical leadership and theology.
Dalitso Health – teaching over 300 health lessons to local families.
Please pray for Chippo and the team that the Presidential Elections this September would be peaceful and fair.
Chippo ‘This past year we have seen God’s faithful hand in so many ways as people discover who they really are in Him. Through our 4 areas of ministry we have seen over 1000 healing miracles, 521 people coming to faith and 56 baptisms!’
Thank you for sharing this journey with us through your generous giving.
If you would like to be a part of this story please speak to us (Tom & Ali), Bill Dixon or Tom and Kat Densham. More information and regular updates can be found on our website https://www.dalitsotrust.org
Impact Report Youth
The vision of BV Youth is for youth to access Jesus and the church easily, to download Jesus into their hearts with everything that He offers, to be upgraded by the power of the Holy Spirit for transformation, and to go and make disciples by transferring the Good News to others!
On Sundays, we have around 40 Youth joining us across all sites! On Fridays, we consistently have 40 - 50 youth coming regularly and inviting their friends.
In January, we ran Youth Alpha, and we saw youth growing in their faith and inviting their non church friends to come and explore faith.
During the year Vineyard runs smaller youth gatherings across the country called the DTI Road Trip, they’re great fun, and one of our youth gave their life to Jesus last time we went!
In March, we had 60 of our youth staying the night for Network Camp! It was a fantastic extended time with them, and we saw God really move.
We have seen Youth growing in their leadership, with one of our youth preaching on a Sunday and our young people being encouraged to serve in ministries across the church.
We have seen a great hunger in our Youth for worship and growing deeper in prayer and the bible. God is on the move, and now we are gearing up and getting ready to go to DTI. We have around 40 youth signed up. And our Young people are very excited to come to DTI!
Thank you to all of you who give, enabling us to create a space for young people to meet Jesus.
If you want to be a part of this story, whether that’s through giving, serving or praying, get in touch with Narek who oversees our youth ministry: nareka@birminghamvineyard.com
Announcing the North Site
We are super excited to be able to announce that we are going to be planting a new site in the north of the city in 2026.
For those of you who missed it, here is the announcement we made in our Sunday services across all our sites on July 20th 2025:
We are super excited to be able to announce that we are going to be planting a new site in the north of the city in 2026.
For those of you who missed it, here is the announcement we made in our Sunday services across all our sites on July 20th 2025:
We are going to be gathering people to pray with us from the beginning of September. If you feel called to join us in our site-planting adventure, please connect with us at jorh@birminghamvineyard.com or caprh@birminghamvineyard.com and let us know you’re interested.
We know you may have some questions, so we’ve tried to address some of them below, but do contact us if you don’t find your answers.
FAQs:
Who will lead the City Centre morning service?
Andrew & Rosie McNeil are going to be much more present at the CCAM service, stepping into lead as they are needed, as will Jon Solway. We also have other key members of our pastoral team - Pui, Narek, and Lauren, who will all be travelling between sites too!
How can I be involved?
Firstly, we need people to pray! Please dig in to pray for all those involved in the site plant, as well as those building up CCAM - site leaders, all the teams and their leaders, small group leaders and those discerning what the Lord is calling them into. Pray that the Lord will be stirring the hearts of people to join these sites as we look to grow in numbers and discipleship.
Secondly, we need people to serve. We will need to expand our teams in all areas at the City Center in order to be able to release teams to the new site.
Thirdly we need people to give financially. The new site will need a venue and equipment - all this is costly. We’ll be sharing what the costs will be, but please be considering whether or not you are able to contribute financially to this new venture.
Where will North Site meet?
We don't know yet but we are actively looking for venues around the areas north of the M6 and south of Sutton Park. Please be praying for God’s provision here.
When will North Site start to meet?
We’ll be gathering to pray from September, with a view to starting to meet in person at a new venue early in 2026.
Will there be provision for kids & youth?
We certainly hope so - but we’ll need a volunteer team to run it - why don’t you consider helping to make that happen?
I live in the north of the city - do I have to move to the North Site?
No, you can attend whatever site you want to. We would love those who live in the north of the city to prayerfully consider being involved but ultimately, we want everyone to be obedient to be where they feel the Lord is calling them to be.