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Greater Birmingham Ministries (GBM) is an
ecumenical and interfaith organization in Birmingham, Alabama, with
a thirty-five year history of direct services and community organizing. Begun in 1969, GBM has
sought to carry out a
faith-based response to poverty by meeting people's emergency needs while also
pursuing social and economic justice for all people. Today GBM is
sponsored by twelve Christian denominations as well as by Jewish and Unitarian
congregations. GBM is supported in different ways by an even larger number of
individuals,
groups, organizations and denominations.
From its very beginning GBM has carried on three basic areas
of work and ministry in the community:
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Direct Services:
providing financial help, personal assistance and support for families and individuals in crisis
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Systems
Change/Economic Justice: seeking to listen to and work alongside low-income neighborhoods
as they seek to improve their lives, their neighborhoods and the community.
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Faith in
Community: helping the community to reflect faithfully on and understand current social realities, especially as they affect the poor and vulnerable.
In 2003, GBM
started a
Constitutional Reform Education Campaign to work with
faith communities throughout the state to analyze and discuss Alabama’s severely
outdated 1901 state constitution.
Learn More About GBM
If you are interested in learning more about GBM, please plan to attend a Community Luncheon here at GBM from 11:45 to 1:00 on one for the dates below. Feel free to invite clergy and/or lay leaders from your congregation, co-workers from your company or organization, and friends from your club, school or neighborhood. Food is provided, and discussion focuses on GBM’s work and ways we can all partner together. Please let GBM know of your interest in attending by sending an e-mail to George Thompson indicating the date you would like to attend and a phone number by which we can remind you of the luncheon.
Tues., Jan. 29, 2008 Tues., July 22, 2008
Wed., Mar. 19, 2008 Wed., Aug. 27, 2008
Tues., April 22, 2008 Tues., Oct. 14, 2008
Wed., June 4, 2008 Wed., Nov. 19, 2008
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