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Cole Valley Cluster

In the early 1990s, the pastors of a group of Baptist churches in East Birmingham started to meet regularly together for fellowship and mutual support. Close and trusting relationships were built up between the ministers and in 1998, when three of the ministers were moving on, the group was opened up to other leaders and church members. Elders, deacons and leadership teams started meeting together. Churches began having joint events and services that involved much wider groups from within the congregations. The depth of relationship that had developed among the pastors began to spread across the church membership. This group of churches became known as the "Cole Valley Cluster".

The Cluster at the moment consists of a number of East Birmingham churches sharing fellowship with each other. The Pastors meet on a regular basis for both fellowship, mutual support and prayer. Cluster Prayer Meetings, and Cluster Praise & Worship Celebrations on a regular basis. CVC has seen and practised the significant meaning of unity, solidarity, and co-operation for God's Church, Kingdom and Lordship by agreeing on the Covenant of Churches Together in the Cole Valley 

The Vision

The Cole Valley Cluster of churches in East Birmingham dreams of being one of the most significant missionary charities, carrying out transforming ministries in love and unity: saving lost souls, transforming the needy world, and opening opportunities for every person to integrate their personal vision with CVC's corporate vision.

CVC dreams of their Birmingham churches in a wave of God's revival in full, with the cluster becoming an expression of a loving community. They dream of the cluster providing a place in which the hurting, lonely, addicted and poor - anyone without God - can find life in all its fullness, and of challenging other Christian fellowships into Christ-like love.

Their vision is to be an influential instrument, bridge and channel to bring loving relationships and unity between British churches and other countries' churches - at least over 50 countries' - and to bring the Good News into international students' society in Birmingham in order to make them Christ's disciples, especially for their own countries' mission.

They dream of a cloud of young people committing their lives to the Lord and His Church's ministry, building up anew the hurting congregations and challenging people outside the Church with the Good News in word and action, and bringing growth in terms of number and maturity into British Churches.

They dream of equipping every person for significant ministry by helping them discover the individual gifts and talents God gave them, and of sending out hundreds of their members as career missionaries and church workers to every continent.

Historical Reference Documents

Cooperative Mission between Cole Valley Cluster & Korean All-Nations Mission

Kingfisher College Project Mandate

Kingfisher College Mission Vision & Values Statement

Kingfisher Vision Original PowerPoint Presentation

Cluster people:

There are a number of different churches in the cluster. Below are some people involved in churches in CVC.

John and Sue Cate

Andrew and Marlene Green

Walmir and Angela Souza

Jim and Sandy Bunch

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