Faith at Work
Miss Alabama Hayley Barber’s VISION to Help Others
Each time Hayley Barber has a chance to sign an autograph for a young fan, she pens the same encouraging message: You are fearfully and wonderfully made. A graduate of Pelham High School and the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), she competed in the Miss Alabama pageant five times before she was crowned Miss Alabama …
Faith at Work
CIA Officer, Banker and UPS Store Owner, Keith Sides Birmingham Christian Family recently sat down with Birmingham business owner Keith Sides who shared with us how God is using his life experiences to better serve others in his new role as owner of the UPS Store located at the intersection of Valleydale and Caldwell Mill …
Workout for Water with Forrest Walden
Workout for Water: Iron Tribe’s Forrest Walden More than 3.4 million people die each year from water, sanitation, and hygiene-related causes. Nearly all these deaths occur in the developing world. Birmingham’s Forrest Walden, the founder of Iron Tribe Fitness, is best known for putting a creative spin on the competitiveness of group exercise—but his clients and …
Mission Makers: Brother Bryan Mission
Extending Hope & Restoring Relationships: Brother Bryan Mission “Men become homeless because they have run out of relationships not because they have run out of money,” says Brother Bryan Mission(BBM) Executive Director Jim Etheredge, citing a recent study conducted by Baylor Institute for Studies of Religion, Baylor University. It is with that understanding that the …
Cover Story: J. Warner Wallace
Forensic Faith: Dateline Detective J. Warner Wallace An outspoken atheist for much of his life, cold case detective J. Warner Wallace was familiar with two types of Christians as a young adult: fellow cops who had an evidential approach to their work but had no idea evidentially why Christianity was true, and the apologetic criminals …
Mission Makers: Woman’s Missionary Union
Called to Serve: Sandy Wisdom-Martin, WMU Exec.Dir. Sandy Wisdom-Martin began her new role as executive director/treasurer of Birmingham based WMU (Woman’s Missionary Union) in October of last year. She is succeeded by Wanda Lee who served as Executive Director of the national organization for 16 years. According to Lee, Wisdom-Martin’s “quiet presence puts people at …
Education Extra: Tactical Faith
Tactical Faith: Initiating Conversations About Christianity in our Community Tactical Faith started as a simple idea between three men over a BBQ lunch in Homewood, Ala. The men present at the meal were accustomed to thinking and talking about Christianity in a certain way and tone. They all tried to love God using both their minds …
Church Leaders: Dawson Memorial Baptist Church
Church Within a Church: North Jefferson Hispanic Outreach Dawson Memorial Baptist Church’s Hispanic Congregation was recently commissioned to start a “second generation” Hispanic church in Northern Jefferson County. Since its establishment in 1991, the Hispanic church in Homewood has grown to become one of Alabama’s largest Hispanic Baptist congregations and includes members who are originally …
