YBL Birmingham

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Gain Wisdom and Confidence to Live wisely in the Birmingham Marketplace

Join YBL as we encourage men to deepen their faith, build friendships, and receive practical training to be bold and winsome witnesses for Christ at work.

Our Mission

YBL and WBL impact the marketplace by leading men and women to Christ, helping them grow in their faith, and sending them out locally, nationally, and internationally for God’s glory.

COME TO AN EVENT: BUILD RELATIONSHIPS AND GAIN PRACTICAL WISDOM

37th Annual Golf Tournament2026mon09nov9:30 am4:00 pm9:30 am - 4:00 pm(GMT+00:00) Inverness Country Club, 1 Country Club Dr

Fit in the 2nd Half2026wed18nov11:30 am1:00 pm11:30 am - 1:00 pm(GMT+00:00) Inverness Country Club, 1 Country Club DrRegister

The Heartbeat of YBL Birmingham

YBL Birmingham seeks to influence the marketplace by winning men to Christ, building them in their faith, and releasing them fully equipped to lead well in their homes, churches, and businesses for God’s glory.

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YBL Birmingham Small Groups

Monday

Jordan Miles / Jasper - 5:55-7:00 AM

Kelvin Stokes / Lee Branch - 6:30-7:30 AM

Sam Duffey / Mountain Brook & 280 - 7:00-8:00 AM

George McCurdy / The Colonnade Area - 11:30-12:30 PM

Tuesday

Greg Harris / Mountain Brook & 280 - 6:30-7:30 AM

Preston Martin & David Fleming / Downtown - 6:30-7:30 AM

Wednesday

Allen Oakley / Gardendale - 6:00-7:00 AM Every Other Wednesday

Dick Richard / Lakeshore & 31 - 6:30-7:30 AM

Hunter Finch & Chad Slaughter / Downtown Homewood - 6:30-7:30 AM

Larry Walck / Cahaba Heights - 6:30-7:30 AM

Phillip Lafferty / Meadowbrook Area - 6:30-7:30 AM

Scott Myers / Vestavia - 7:00-8:00 AM

Wes Cline / Downtown Homewood - 7:00-8:00 AM

Loring Muir / Valleydale (2nd Half) - 7:00-8:00 AM

Donte’ Hardy / The Colonnade Area - 1:45-2:45 PM

Wallace Tutt / Homewood - 6:30-8:00 PM

Thursday

Anthony Hill & Michael Kingsmore / Pelham - 6:00-7:00 AM

Bob Ashburner / Downtown - 6:30-7:30 AM

David Splawn / Lakeshore - 6:30-7:30 AM

Robbie Egan & John Casada / The Colonnade Area - 6:30-7:30 AM

Trussville Group / Jack’s - 1460 Gadsden Hwy, Birmingham - 6:30-7:30 AM

Bert Crenshaw / Embassy Suites - 6:45-8:00 AM

Wes Cline / Downtown Homewood - 7:00-8:00 AM

Bill Pierce / Lakeshore & Mountain Brook - 11:30-12:45 PM

Friday

John Kirkland / Mt. Laurel (2nd Half) - 6:00-7:00 AM

John Gaskins / Hoover - 6:30-7:30 AM

Daniel Friday / Cahaba Heights - 6:30-7:30 AM

Brandon Baird & Stewart Browne / Lakeshore and 280 - 7:00-8:00 AM

The YBL Birmingham Strategy

Win

Our first goal is to win businessmen to Christ. We aim to show non-Christian men the value of a personal relationship with their creator in a non-threatening and attractive way. Our main outreach activities include semi-annual banquets and a strongly evangelistic 4-week Investigative Study. The Concentrating on the Majors study guides individuals in starting a relationship with Christ and fosters a daily walk with Him.

Equip

Our equipping strategies involve foundational faith and business studies, including our First Conversations Study and Concentrating on the Majors study. From there we build men through ongoing discipleship group studies in God's Word and through mentoring opportunities, where men learn wisdom and discipline. Men who persevere in this equipping process will be prepared to lead in their families, churches and businesses.

Send

Sending businessmen into the community is our goal. As men grow spiritually, they impact marriages, benefit children, influence businesses, benefit organizations and other cities. YBL members will become leaders in their churches and disciples of Jesus who are equipped to make disciples.

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Rob Genin

YBL Birmingham Director

Rob Genin joined YBL as the City Director for Birmingham and has 9 years of experience with us. 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 Birmingham Sponsors

Board Members

Mark Achuff
Jason Crowe
Sam Duffey
David Giddens
Don Hendry
Stephen Hodges

Marshall Hollis
Zach Ivey
Matt Jaeger
Mike Lanier
Andy Martin
Loring Muir
Larry Walck

2nd Half

The vision of the YBL 2nd Half Ministry is to mobilize, minister to, and multiply men who use their life experiences, time, and resources to impact God’s Kingdom locally, nationally and internationally.

Conversations on Faith & Work

Gracious Confrontation: Fears and Fruit

by Rob Genin Confrontation may be the least enjoyable part of leadership. It takes wisdom, tact, and prayer. Yet it is essential!  The wise gardener knows that trees do not know the best way to grow. One I spoke to said, “No matter how big or healthy the limb, if it is growing in the…
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On a Personal Note

by Abby Hawkins I sometimes wonder what message I might have for men in business leadership. I am not a man, not a business person, and not in leadership. I try to think about what to write that isn’t too girly or too irrelevant to executives. But everything the Lord seems to have put on…
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Kingdom Businesses Exist for More Than Just Money 

By David Kahle/ biblicalbusiness.com  It is so easy to think of a business as just a vehicle to make money. That is the message the world sends out, and most people accept. That view of a business, however, ranks high on the list of Satan’s greatest deceits.  As businesspeople, we often define our success by…
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