Double Your Dough Update!

Urban Ministry has an exciting summer matching campaign to Double Your Dough when you support our ongoing ministries. Hear all about it in our video update! DONATE SECURELY ONLINE NOW ___ Or you may mail a check to: Urban Ministry PO Box 110879 Birmingham, AL 35211

We are Back!

Urban Ministry is back and has an exciting summer campaign to Double Your Dough! The video will tell you all about it! DONATE SECURELY ONLINE NOW ___ Or you may mail a check to: Urban Ministry PO Box 110879 Birmingham, AL 35211

Five Questions with Erin Carley

Since August 2018, Erin Carley has been directing our WE Learn and WE Work programs. Born and reared in Chicago, she moved to Birmingham for her undergraduate & graduate studies and has been here ever since. We appreciate her sitting down with us for Five Questions! What do you like most about working at Urban […]

WE Serve Groups Create Lifelong Memories

We love our youth group volunteers who come to serve Birmingham low-income homeowners. Groups come from all over – Texas, Georgia, Michigan, Florida, of course Alabama, and more – to experience Christ in relationship with homeowners and with each other. Our volunteers offer the love of Christ in the form of dignity, compassion, and a […]

Working on the floor

Looks a Lot Like Progress

Thanks to a generous gift from the Nina H. Reeves Endowment Fund for Youth Ministry, the sanctuary at Walnut Grove where we host our WE Serve work groups is being transformed into an open space that offers more options for the large groups who stay with us! The decades of ministry in this space are […]

Chakela’s Story

Compassion Today. Wholeness Tomorrow. Just 3 years ago, Chakela’s life wasn’t where she wanted it to be. Living with her mom and working at Burger King, her future wasn’t clear. She heard Urban Ministry was looking for young people in the community for WE Work, Urban Ministry’s Workforce and Life Skills program. She quickly called […]