Lifeline Children’s Services Moving to New Headquarters

Article Provided by Birmingham Business Journal. 

A nonprofit that focuses on adoption, family restoration and pregnancy counseling is moving into a new headquarters in Shelby County.

Lifeline Children’s Services is set to move into its new international headquarters at the end of next month. The new location will offer a greater amount of square footage to accommodate the agency’s growth.

Lifeline had been housed at 100 Missionary Ridge in 14,000 square feet. It is moving across the parking lot into 22,000 square feet in a donated building at 200 Missionary Ridge.

The nonprofit will occupy that amount of square footage, and the rest of the building will have co-working, event, conference and meeting space. The new facility also will have leasable office space for other businesses and organizations. The construction crew is outfitting the second floor and common space for long-term ministry, including an education and counseling suite.

“Lifeline was born in Birmingham 41 years ago. This facility provides a permanent location for a ministry that now has offices in 16 states and 23 nations around the world. Much of that ministry is resourced and sustained by the central office here in Birmingham. This ministry center helps to expand that national and international ministry with a stable foundation as well as to grow our ministry presence right here in Alabama,” said Lifeline Children’s Ministry Vice President of Engagement Rick Morton.

Lifeline recently added four new states including Wyoming, South Dakota, Arkansas and Louisiana and has plans for two more in the coming months, Oklahoma and Iowa. It also has 20 positions open nationwide with eight of those in Birmingham, and the new offices will allow space for future hiring.

“We had run out of space with Lifeline’s rapid expansion over the past couple of years. We’ve become the largest evangelical child-placing agency in the U.S., and this new building secures the future of Lifeline by providing space for growth along with increased efficiency and opportunity for ministry here and around the world,” said Lifeline Children’s Services President and Executive Director Herbie Newell. “ We are very excited for the impact we will be able to make as we partner with the local Birmingham community, and the church both domestically and internationally.”

By Stephanie Rebman  –  Editor-in-Chief, Birmingham Business Journal