Undivided Birmingham Podcast

In this episode of Undivided Birmingham, Dr. Chris Crain interviews Mary Splawn, wife of Senior Pastor Wayne Splawn and Minister of Connections, at Mountain Brook Baptist Church. 
Mary shares about her call to ministry at the age of 14 years old and the different events in her life that led Mary and her husband, Wayne, to Mountain Brook Baptist Church. Mary and Wayne began serving as youth ministers 14 years ago at MBBC. Wayne Splawn became senior pastor of MBCC in January of 2022.
In her role as the pastor's wife and Minister of Connections, Mary works with women's ministries, oversees the gym facility, and produces a church podcast with a Bible reading plan for church members. In her podcast called the Bible Reading Podcast, Mary reads through the church's Bible reading plan each day to equip church members who are auditory learners as well as church members who are just extremely busy and a podcast fits well into their schedules. 

In this episode of Undivided Birmingham, Dr. Chris Crain interviews Kevin Moore, the Area Director of Mission Increase Central Alabama.
One of the key roles Kevin plays in the Central Alabama region is strengthening and building capacity in nonprofit organizations. He views the nonprofit sector (in many ways) as the delivery system for the “goods and services” of Christ’s Kingdom by aiding the mobilization of the Church in the context of the community. 
Kevin advises Christian non-profit ministries about fundraising best practices in order to help them make the greatest impact for God's kingdom. His advice is to focus on building relationships with potential donors and to not think about what you can get from them but to think about what you can do for them. Christian non-profits help churches to mobilize into the community by meeting needs and making the name of Jesus known. 
 

In this episode of Undivided Birmingham, Dr. Chris Crain interviews Susan Bates, the founder of an audio Bible ministry called Your Working Copy. 
Susan Bates is passionate about God's Word and accepted a call from God in the 1980s to distribute his Word to "the least of these" through audio devices that have solar panels that can be recharged by the sun. Susan believes this includes people who are unable to read the printed Word due to various reasons such as physical disabilities, learning disabilities, or those who have no access to electrical power due to homelessness. 
Susan Bates has a bachelors degree and masters degree from the University of Alabama. She has worked in the field of engineering, taught in the classroom from kindergarten to the university level, and been involved in the Girl Scouts USA organization. God has used her varied gifts and talents to carry out the mission of Your Working Copy.
Learn more about how you can support the mission of Your Working Copy by visiting their website at yourworkingcopy.org.

In this episode of Undivided Birmingham, Dr. Chris Crain interviews Dr. Rick Lance, Executive Director of the Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions. Dr. Lance shares about his early years growing up in Birmingham and his first interview with ALSBOM for the position of executive director. He also shares his vision for the State Board of Missions; One Mission, the Great Commission - One Program, the Cooperative Program. 
 

In this episode, Dr. Chris Crain interviews Buddy Champion, pastor of First Baptist Church Trussville, and President of the  Alabama Baptist State Convention. Pastor Buddy shares his thoughts about the challenges of COVID, the faithfulness of his church members who have continued to give and serve through the pandemic, and finding ways to draw those who have fallen through the cracks back into the church. Pastor Buddy believes evangelism is as important as discipleship and we should always be sharing the Gospel with others. He has served as Pastor of FBC Trussville for fifteen years and has been in ministry since 1990. He has been married to his wife Lynn for 30+ years and they have four daughters. 
 

In this episode of Undivided Birmingham, Dr. Chris Crain interviews Rev. Chris Duncan about his experiences with bi-vocational ministry. Rev. Duncan serves as pastor of The Cross at Clay, a church located in Clay, AL, in the Greater Birmingham area and is also a professional banker. 

In this episode, Dr. Chris Crain interviews Dr. Wayne Splawn about his call to Senior Minister of Mountain Brook Baptist Church. Wayne and his wife Mary began serving side-by-side on staff at MBBC as student ministers in 2008, with Mary working with the 7th-9th grades and Wayne working with the 10th to 12th grades. Wayne was called to become Senior Minister of MBBC in January 0f 2022.

In this episode of Undivided Birmingham, Dr. Chris Crain interviews father and son duo Edwin and Andrew Jenkins about their Christian book study series, Lifelift, a book study about discovering your spiritual gifts and understanding your calling from God. 
Follow the link below to find out more and order a free Lifelift workbook (a shipping charge will be applied at checkout). 
https://www.jenkins.tv/free