The Fatherless Epidemic: Raising Up Men in Urban America

Recorded by The Gospel Coalition

Sep 9, 202500:59:38Religion & Spirituality

Thirteen years ago, pastor Alton Hardy planted a church in an underresourced African American community near Birmingham, Alabama. Alton worried about the crime, poverty, and lack of education he saw around him. But more...

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