ABOUT
OVERVIEW / VISION OF MINISTRY
Founded in 1981, Young Business Leaders (YBL) is a Board-directed organization whose purpose is to reach businessmen and professionals and to offer the tools and environment that facilitate holistic growth. We accomplish this by providing venues such as banquets, small group opportunities and one-on-one contacts with proven and established leaders. YBL’s impact is made primarily by establishing men in the essentials of their faith, and equipping them to share and express time honored values with their colleagues in the business community.
Young Business Leaders of Birmingham, (YBLB), was begun in response to a perceived need for a vibrant Christian ministry outreach to young business executives in the Birmingham area. Being non-denominational, this organization centers totally on the person of Jesus Christ as the source of meeting their personal needs of young professionals in the marketplace. YBLB has sought to use the common and neutral ground of the Business environment as a comfortable medium through which to generate interest in the Christian faith. It is hoped that as a young executive incorporates Christian principles into every aspect of his life, there would be a ripple effect among his fellow employees. This would ultimately result in a more positive business environment and greater ethical practices based on biblical teachings in the marketplace. For individuals who express a desire to learn more about the Christian walk, there is a planned follow-up which involves mature Christian men meeting in small groups to teach about Jesus Christ and His plan for daily living.
Our Mission
To impact businessmen in every area of their life with the person of Christ using biblical principles. To be involved with fulfilling the Great Commission by impacting businessmen. (Matthew 28:8-20)
How:
By teaching businessmen how to have true success. (Psalm 1)
By reaching businessmen with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. (Acts 1:8)
By building businessmen into mature disciples of Christ. (Col. 1:28)
By equipping businessmen to lead other men to maturity in Christ. (II Tim. 2:2)
By sending businessmen into other areas and spheres of influence to impact the world for Christ. (Acts 17:6)
Result:
Christlike businessmen who are actively reaching others for Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20)
We are a national organization with offices located in Birmingham and Huntsville, AL; and Jackson, MS. Please feel free to visit the individual cities here on our website for more information about each one!
YBL Ministry Director
Rob Genin
Rob Genin has joined YBL as the City Director for Birmingham. He has 12 years of experience working in small business, technical sales and education. He graduated from Biola University in California with a B.S. in business management, and received his Masters in Divinity from Reformed Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He and his wife Carla are enjoying the challenge of raising two energetic young boys, Noah and Matthew. Rob loves playing with his children, spending time outdoors, watching an excellent film or reading a good book. He is excited at the prospect of continuing to build the business community in Birmingham one friendship at a time.
YBL Staff
Rob Genin
Birmingham City Director
Rob Genin has joined YBL as the City Director for Birmingham. He has 12 years of experience working in small business, technical sales and education. He graduated from Biola University in California with a B.S. in business management, and received his Masters in Divinity from Reformed Seminary in Orlando, Florida. He and his wife Carla are enjoying the challenge of raising two energetic young boys, Noah and Matthew. Rob loves playing with his children, spending time outdoors, watching an excellent film or reading a good book. He is excited at the prospect of continuing to build the business community in Birmingham one friendship at a time.
Drew Narmour
Jackson City Director
Drew was raised in Monroe, Louisiana and attended the University of Mississippi where he met his wife, Melody. After two years in campus ministry, Drew spent seven years in pastoral ministry at Grace Bible Church. He is also currently pursuing an MDiv at Reformed Theological Seminary.
Drew is overwhelmed and humbled by God’s providence in leading him to this role where he is excited to join a ministry that God has been working through for decades in the Jackson area. He and Melody have a daughter, Lily.
Sharon Head
WBL Director
Having been in the marketplace and in ministry for many years, Sharon knows the demands that tug at women and the roadblocks they sometimes encounter in developing a healthy, thriving relationship with the Lord. Her experiences working with Donna Greene at Community Ministry for Girls and at Beeson Divinity School as an Academic Advisor and Admission Counselor make her well-suited for helping women develop a seamless life, one in which belief and behavior are consistent and coherent. Her passion is to see women know and walk in the truths of God’s word, to know the incomparable love of Jesus Christ, and to make Him known in all their endeavors.
A graduate of Rochester Institute of Technology, Sharon married her husband Gene in 1989. She has a genuine affection for SEC football and all things chocolate. She makes time for Pilates and long walks with friends, but her greatest joys include family time with her husband, their two delightful grown children, and one “precious beyond words” grandchild.
Emily Rosser
Administrative Assistant & Event Coordinator
As a young person, Emily had the opportunity to move frequently and learn how to meet new people, and integrate well into new places. She settled in Birmingham in 2019 to attend the University of North Alabama where she completed her degree in Social Work. She loves bringing others together through her home-cooked meals and baked goods. Emily hopes to use her experience overseas and working with YBL Ministries to pursue international missions in the future.
