2 Churches - 1 Parish

The parish of Moseley is distinctive in many ways! One of those ways is by having two parish churches, St Anne’s and St Mary’s. Having formed a United Benefice of two separate parishes in 2007, the church communities have grown ever closer and on 01 July 2021 became a single parish. Ministry is common across both parishes and folk freely move between their ‘home’ church and the other for special services and events. The different worship spaces offered by the two churches enable us to be creative and offer a variety of opportunities to draw the worshipping and wider communities together. The story of churches in Moseley is a long one. As you enter Moseley you are welcomed to 'Moseley Village' and even though we are a suburb of the nation’s second city, Moseley has retained a strong sense of identity with St Mary’s being very much the village church.

The original village church in Moseley was founded as an outpost of Bromsgrove more than 600 years ago. As the population of Moseley grew, so did the need for a place of worship and the original small chapel has been adapted and expanded many times over the years. As a consequence, St Mary’s architectural style could be described as eclectic. It was in Victorian times with the growth of Birmingham as a major industrial centre and the population growth that went with it, that saw St Mary’s church expand to a capacity of just over 900. As the population continued to grow, three daughter churches were planted – one of them being St Anne’s which was consecrated in 1874.

St Anne’s has a brighter and airy feel and the building is in the Victorian neo-gothic style. Worship is in the round with a nave altar and movable chairs for seating which allows great flexibility in how we use the space. Whether it is our Christingle service at St Mary’s drawing a congregation of 700+ or the intimate All Soul’s service at St Anne’s, our two worship spaces complement each other and work well together.

It is good to welcome you to this website of the dynamic and vibrant community that worships in the two parish churches here in Moseley - St Anne’s and St Mary’s. We are an open and inclusive, wide-ranging group of people of Christian faith and those exploring faith, who meet together to worship God and encourage one another.

The Eucharist is central to our worship and through it we receive empowerment to share God’s love to the people in the village and beyond. Our congregations regularly contain multiple generations worshipping together and in both churches you will receive a warm welcome, experience the opportunity to worship God, to learn about faith in creative ways and to be challenged and encouraged to make new friends.

We always need people to help but its also fine to ‘just be’! Some of St Mary’s services are live-streamed. Please see our weekly bulletin for details of how to access these if you are not able to join us in person. With a range of ‘services’ there is something on offer for most people – please have a look. We offer Breakfast Church, an Intergenerational service, as well as worship in traditional, contemporary, Celtic and Taizé traditions - something for most people.