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
Please scroll down for details of our current and recent programmes, and for our statements made by the Bromley Three Faiths Group in response to the Israel-Palestine crisis.
Our autumn 2026 programme
The autumn programme of the Bromley Three Faiths Group began with our Peace Walk on Sunday 27th September at Keston Common, followed by refreshments at the Al-Emaan Centre. A big thankyou to everyone who took part, and very special thanks to all who provided and served food and drink.
Our programme continued with our discussion meeting on Thursday 15th October via Zoom. It was a round-table discussion on the topic of ANGELS. We had an excellent turnout with all three of our faith communities represented strongly.
For the past few 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 this year from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th November. Full details can be found in the panel on the right-hand side of this page.
The final meeting of our current programme is another Zoom discussion on Thursday 3rd December.
Everyone attending will have the opportunity to talk about some aspect of our chosen topic, and as always we also warmly welcome anyone who wishes simply to sit and listen.
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) if you would like to suggest a theme / topic for future meetings, or with any other ideas for how to extend and further develop relationships across our faith communities.
Links
| South London interfaith group (SLIFG) www.southlondoninterfaith.org.uk www.facebook.com/South-London-Interfaith-Group-111363220585312 |
Humanitarian Appeal for Gaza organized by Bromley Three Faiths Group
A particular highlight of our work in 2025 was our Gaza humanitarian aid appeal, in which we raised £6463 from 82 generous donors. The UK government announced that they would match all donations to the Disaster Emergency Committee, bringing our total to well over £12,000.
An enormous amount of aid is still needed and the DEC appeal remains open at https://donation.dec.org.uk/middle-east-appeal.
The Israel-Palestine crisis
On 20 February 2024 the Bromley Three Faiths Group Steering Committee wrote to local MPs to call for action in resolving the Israel-Palestine crisis. The full text of the letter is as follows:
Dear Members of Parliament
We are members of the Bromley Three Faiths Group. For nearly ten years we have
facilitated interfaith dialogue and friendship between Jews, Muslims and Christians in the Borough of Bromley. In more recent years, we have had many conversations to understand each other’s perspectives on the Israel-Palestine situation. We have focused on what unites us, even when that is the shared experience of grief and fear. Given the unfolding events, we are writing to you now, together, to request that you use all available resources and political power as our local MPs to bring about the following:
- Full and immediate access for humanitarian aid to all parts of Gaza
- Immediate and permanent bilateral ceasefire (that is, cessation of all hostilities once and for all)
- Release of all hostages
- Protection of Palestinians (and Israeli peace activists) in the West Bank
- Sustained efforts to end the longstanding huge injustices against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank
We all want to see this destructive situation abroad resolved, not only in the interests of a peaceful and stable Middle East, but also to sustain the community bonds we’ve worked so hard to build in the Borough of Bromley.
With best wishes,
Bromley Three Faiths Group Steering Committee
This letter followed a statement published on 11 October 2023:
Bromley Three Faiths Group: a statement on the Israel-Palestine crisis
The Bromley Three Faiths Group, bringing together local Muslim, Jewish and Christian faith groups, offers our support for all members of our communities who have friends and family in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. We pray for the safety of those on the ground, and for their swift healing from injury and trauma. We grieve with those whose homes and communities have been destroyed. We honour the memory of those who have been killed in the midst of their daily lives.
We call on our leaders in the UK and internationally to cease support for all violent actions immediately, to make real efforts to resolve this situation peacefully, andto formulate a just and lasting solution that accords with international law.
Here in South East London we will strenuously resist any attempt to use what is happening overseas to sow distrust and division between our UK faith communities. We condemn all incidents of Islamophobic or antisemitic hate crime and hate speech. We will not allow any politician to twist our grief into fear and exploit it for self-serving ends.
We commit ourselves to continuing the work of mutual dialogue and education about our different faiths, cultures and communities in Bromley. We celebrate our shared Abrahamic values and our love for peace in the Holy Land.
We encourage members of our communities to join our efforts in nurturing understanding between our respective faith groups.
Thank you
From the Steering Committee of the Bromley Three Faiths Group
13-15 November 2026: Inter Faith Invitation weekend
Our special invitation weekend will take place from Friday 13th to Sunday 15th November 2026 to coincide with the national Inter Faith Week celebrations.
All members of the Bromley Three Faiths Group and their guests are warmly invited to attend acts of worship at Bromley Reform Synagogue, St John’s Church and the Al-Emaan Centre. Full details are as follows:
Keston Mosque (Muslim) – Friday 13th November at 12.15pm
Al-Emaan Centre (Keston Mosque) extends a warm welcome to all members of the local Christian and Jewish communities to join us for our weekly service either in person at the mosque or online via Zoom. The service will be led by Imam Tanweer Kobir and last approximately 30 minutes. There is no need to book. Address: Al-Emaan Centre, Croydon Road, Keston BR2 8HF.
Please note: all guests and worshippers will be asked to remove their shoes on entering the mosque.
The service will be streamed on the Al-Emaan Centre YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/@al-emaancentre2114). For any queries please contact us on info@al-emaan.org.uk
Bromley Reform Synagogue (Jewish) – Saturday 14th November at 10.30am
The Sabbath service will last about 1½ hours, with refreshments afterwards. Join in person at the synagogue at 28 Highland Road BR1 4AD or online at www.youtube.com/c/BromleyReformSynagogue/live.
This particular Sabbath is a special celebration since it is the bar mitzvah of one of our young people. Guests are warmly welcome but it is essential to notify the Synagogue in advance since it may be necessary to limit numbers. If attending in person please EMail to matthew_delange@yahoo.co.uk
Please note: men are required to cover their heads when entering the synagogue – male guests will be offered a kippah (skullcap) or you can bring your own head covering.
St John’s Church Bromley (Christian) – Sunday 15th November at 10am
We would love to see you at St John’s for our Parish Communion service, which includes hymns, prayers, Bible readings and a sermon. You can come in person to our building in Park Road BR1 3HJ or join us online at https://saintjohnsbromley.com/.
The service is led by the Vicar Andrew McClellan and will last about 70 minutes. After the service (from about 11.30am onwards) there will be a bring and share brunch in our church hall, to which all our guests are warmly invited.
A look back at our recent programme
The first meeting of our summer 2026 programme was our Quiz Night held at St John’s Church on Wednesday 3rd June. We had a superb turnout for an evening of challenging and entertaining questions set by our very own Matthew Delange, plus excellent refreshments as ever and featuring a special cake to help us celebrate the 10th anniversary of the founding of our Group.
Our programme continued with our discussion meeting on Wednesday 24th June via Zoom. It was a round-table discussion on the topic: If Moses, Jesus and Muhammad visited Bromley today, what would they say? There were some great answers ranging from the creative to the reflective to the highly speculative!
For the final meeting of our current programme on Thursday 23rd July we received a special invitation to visit St Mary’s Church, Hayes (BR2 7LH). St Mary’s is one of the oldest church buildings in the borough, with parts dating back to the 13th century. It has a rich and complex history, including links both to the transatlantic slave trade and to the abolitionist movement. Inside the church we saw the memorials to William Pitt, who became Britain’s youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24, and to his father, who served as Prime Minister from 1766 to 1768. In the churchyard we visited the grave of nine-year-old John Panis, who was brought from America to England as an enslaved child in 1763. The presence of these very different reminders of England’s past provided a thought-provoking setting for reflection and discussion.
As well as enjoying a guided tour of the historic church and churchyard, we had the opportunity to take part in a short service of Compline (Night Prayer), followed by time for questions, discussion and reflection.
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. |