Welcome to the website for the Bromley Three Faiths Group (B3FG).
The B3FG was formed in 2016 through a culmination of a series of discussions with people from the three Abrahamic (Jewish, Christian and Islamic) faiths with a collective interest in sharing experiences and knowledge of our beliefs and practices to establish an interfaith group within Bromley.
Our primary objective is through promoting a greater understanding of each other’s faiths, both in belief and in practice, with the ultimate aim of nurturing a more harmonious and peaceful society. We plan to achieve this through community engagement, working together on shared goals, and enhancing mutual understanding through theological discussion.
For further details please contact us at Bromley3FG@gmail.com
Our Autumn 2023 programme
Our autumn programme begins with our Peace Walk on Sunday 17th September at Beckenham Place Park. We meet at 2pm at the park entrance nearest to Ravensbourne rail station (BR3 5HE). After the walk we look forward to sharing a Peace of Cake. Please contact us for further details or if you are able to help with refreshments.
Our programme then continues with three evening discussion meetings, which will take place on Thursday 5th October, Wednesday 1st November and Monday 4th December.
Full details of our autumn programme will be published here shortly.
We are open to suggestions for discussion topics and/or invited speakers – please send us your ideas.
Contact us
Please contact us (Bromley3FG@gmail.com) for further details or to join our mailing list. We are also appealing to all our members for ideas and suggestions for future B3FG events and discussion topics.
Links
| South London interfaith group (SLIFG) www.southlondoninterfaith.org.uk www.facebook.com/South-London-Interfaith-Group-111363220585312 |
17-19 November 2023: Inter Faith Invitation weekend
| For the past three years we have held a special invitation weekend in November to coincide with the national Inter Faith Week celebrations, and we look forward to doing the same again in 2023. All members of the Bromley Three Faiths Group and their guests will be warmly invited to visit live or online acts of worship at the Al-Emaan Centre on Friday 17th November, at Bromley Reform Synagogue on Saturday 18th November and at St John’s Church on Sunday 19th November. Full details will be published here nearer the time but please save the dates! |
A look back at our Summer 2023 programme
Our summer programme started on Wednesday 3rd May with a round-table discussion via Zoom on the theme of “Kings and Queens”.
Then on Monday 12th June we met live in person at the Al-Emaan Centre (Keston Mosque) and discussed the theme “Bitter-Sweet: the joys and the sorrows of belonging to my faith community“. Many people shared moving stories of their experiences, and it was very striking to see the honesty with which people reflected on some of their struggles and the obstacles they have faced.
Our next meeting took place on Thursday 20th July via Zoom, and the theme for our meeting was “The person I admire most from my Scriptures”.
About us
| Background The Bromley Three Faiths Group (B3FG) was formed in 2016 through a culmination of a series of discussions with people from the three Abrahamic (Jewish, Christian and Islamic) faiths with a collective interest in sharing experiences and knowledge of our beliefs and practices to establish an interfaith group within Bromley. Vision Our primary objective is through promoting a greater understanding of each other’s faiths, both in belief and in practice, with the ultimate aim of nurturing a more harmonious and peaceful society. We plan to achieve this through community engagement, working together on shared goals, and enhancing mutual understanding through theological discussion. Project examples Since the group’s inception in 2016, it has matured with regard to realizing its core objective. This is attested by the success of several inter-faith initiatives over the years including fundraising, via collections at the local churches, synagogue and mosque as well as a charity cricket match. We also supplied food and clothes to refugees in the Calais camps before they were dismantled by the French Government.Currently the group is involved with helping refugee families from war torn countries in the Middle East to settle in a neighbouring borough through close cooperation with the local authority and via providing families with welcome food hampers clothes, furniture, mobile phones and funds etc. Members have also provided families with DIY help, transport and have periodically made visits to their homes helping settle refugee families, via building trust and confidence to help them rebuild their lives. There have also been a number of successful theological discussion sessions organized at each place of worship with a truly inter-faith audience, lead by the heads of each faith, helping us understand the core messages of each faith that in turn bind us together in a global faith community, thereby allowing us to show compassion in an increasingly cynical world. Mother / Toddler groups have also been organized to help build new friendships and relationships to deepen the bond of the inter-faith community and show the strength of a people united by a common interest. An annual Peace Walk has allowed the Abrahamic faith based group to invite all other faiths and people of all backgrounds to share in an afternoon walk followed by tea and cake in the mutual understanding, of the need to strive for a more understanding and peaceful society. Steering Committee Governance The activities of the Bromley Three Faiths Group are supervised by a Steering Committee, whose members understand the primary objective of the group and the common interest that bind the group together. Membership of the steering committee comprises three people from each represented faith group (Judaism, Christianity, Islam) within the borough of Bromley. |