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Ben Birdsong

Ben Birdsong is a church and para-church student ministry veteran and currently serves as the Minister of Missions at Christ Church in Birmingham, Alabama. He is also an adjunct professor teaching children, youth, and family ministries at Birmingham Theological Seminary. Ben also helps churches with custom curriculum through Your Youth Ministry Curriculum and authors with book projects through Birdsong Innovations.

Ben has bachelor’s degrees in Marketing and Human Resource Management from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, a Master of Divinity degree from Samford University’s Beeson Divinity School, and a Doctor of Ministry in Ministry to Emerging Generations from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary.

As an author, Ben has written the devotional books Words from the Cross: 7 Statements that Will Transform Your Life, journeying through Jesus’ final moments before His death, and James: Everyday Faith. He is also a monthly contributor for parenting and family ministry content for Birmingham Christian Family magazine. Ben also wrote the John study and a portion of the Psalm study for Rooted Reservoir.

Ben is married to Liz. He enjoys reading, writing, watching movies, and blogging at www.benbirdsong.com.

Planning Effective Youth Mission Trips

Ben Birdsong | January 31, 2024

With proper planning, a mission trip can be both a blessing to people in another location and a significant week of discipleship for our students.

The True Judge: Discipling Teenagers in Withholding Judgment

Ben Birdsong | October 9, 2023

It is easy to locate and point the spotlight on someone else’s sin while secretly hoping that the rays of the spotlight will not make it far enough to illuminate our own.

‘Why Have You Forsaken Me?’: Teaching Jesus’ Words from the Cross to Teenagers

Ben Birdsong | March 27, 2023

In Jesus, we have a God who loves us so much that he was willing to endure hell—all so that we could have a restored relationship with the Father.

Preparing Our Teenagers to Encounter Different Viewpoints in College

Ben Birdsong | February 15, 2023

Let us teach teenagers what they believe, the humanity and grace with which to approach someone who believes differently, the discernment to sort truth from error, and a dependence on the work of the Spirit to bring people to new life through the gospel.