Relationship Is the Key Rather Than Belief System ; the Biggerpicture the Start of the Next School Terms Sees the Opening of One of Birmingham's More Unusual Children's Centres - One Run by Christians for a Mainly Muslim Population. Jo Ind Reports

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Near to the Stratford Road in Moseley, stands St Christopher's Church. Within the church's grounds, on the site of its old church hall, there is a new children's centre.

The building is funded by Birmingham City Council but is the responsibility of the church. The centre is run by the Springfield Project, run by a sub-committee of St Christopher's parish church council, and yet 80 per cent of people using its services will be Muslim.

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Relationship Is the Key Rather Than Belief System ; the Biggerpicture the Start of the Next School Terms Sees the Opening of One of Birmingham's More Unusual Children's Centres - One Run by Christians for a Mainly Muslim Population. Jo Ind Reports

Is there not a problem when a church is providing services to a Muslim population?

"People have been quite vocal in saying they like to visit another faith-based service, even though it's not their faith," s...

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