05 | Isaac Adams: Honesty is the Oxygen

This episode is a real treat for Greg & Stacey, because our guest is also our pastor. Isaac Adams is the Lead Pastor at Iron City Church in Birmingham AL; additionally he is an author and founder of a non-profit organization called “United? We Pray,” which encourages and equips Christians to pursue racial reconciliation.

Isaac talks about his upbringing in Washington D.C., his journey to faith, and the difficult decision – as a Black man – to move to Birmingham (and all its painful history) to pastor his first church. The conversation covers a multitude of topics, eventually settling into a great discussion on the creative lies of our enemy, how hard it is to confess struggles within the church, and why it’s so important we learn to do so. Christ is the vine and we are the branches, and as Isaac says in our conversation, “Honesty is the oxygen that makes the branches of the vine grow.”

Iron City Church (Birmingham AL) web site
United? We Pray web site
Isaac Adams’ books on Amazon

Awaken website
Roots Retreat Men’s Intensive
Roots Retreat Women’s Workshop
Awaken Men & Women’s support meeting info (including virtual)