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Christian Life Church is a vibrant, spirit-filled church located on Valleydale Road in Birmingham, Alabama, serving the communities of Shelby County and Jefferson County. Our multicultural congregation is dedicated to sharing the love of Jesus through heartfelt worship, meaningful connections, and impactful community outreach. If you're searching for churches in Birmingham, or surrounding areas, we welcome you to join us for a dynamic, Holy Spirit-led worship experience. At Christian Life Church, we believe in the power of unity and transformation through faith, and we strive to make a positive difference in every life we touch. Visit us to discover a church home where you can grow in your faith and find your purpose.

  1. 2d ago ·  Video

    Bridge Builders | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

    Send us Fan Mail Two men walk into the same story who have no business sharing the same space: Peter, a Jewish lawkeeper shaped by separation, and Cornelius, a Roman centurion shaped by power and empire. Acts 10 puts them on a collision course, and the result is a life-changing picture of bridge building that still speaks to church community, Christian living, and everyday evangelism. We talk through the moment Peter finally says out loud what God is teaching him: God does not show favoritism. From there, the message gets painfully practical. Bridge building starts when we make room, not just for people we like, but for strangers. Biblical hospitality is “love of strangers,” and it looks like noticing the overlooked, staying approachable, and opening a door without waiting for someone to earn it. If we only welcome people who can repay us, we never build the kind of table Jesus built. Then we go a step further: crossing over. Real bridges require movement, which means stepping into someone else’s world, listening, empathizing, and refusing an “us versus them” posture. We also unpack why God often chooses to reach people through people, and why your difficult workplace, neighborhood, or relationships might be less of an interruption and more of a mission assignment. Finally, we land the whole thing on the only foundation that holds: Jesus. When Peter shares the good news, the Holy Spirit moves, and the wall between “us” and “them” collapses. If you want a clear next step, start with your table. Listen, share, and then pass this along to someone who needs the reminder. Subscribe, share the episode, and leave a review to help more bridge builders find it.

    Bridge Builders | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

  2. Oct 25 ·  Video

    From Weeping to Rejoicing | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

    Send us Fan Mail Israel rebuilt the walls of Jerusalem in 52 days. Seventy years of effort had not managed it. They finished the impossible, and Nehemiah 8 finds them weeping anyway, with their leaders telling them three separate times to stop grieving. Finishing the thing they had prayed for did not change how they felt. In week seven of the series What Do You See?, Pastor Jeremy Saylor opens Nehemiah 8 around a distinction that decides a lot about how steady your life feels. Happiness is an emotion that tracks your circumstances, up when they are up and down when they are down. Joy is a condition of the heart that holds you steady through both. And because Scripture calls joy a fruit, it grows in some soil and dies in other soil. The message works through four: your eyes, because you find what you look for, and Israel could only see the rubble instead of the half of the wall already standing. Your words, because the voice you replay the most becomes the one you believe. Your desires, because comparison cuts the joy out of a life faster than almost anything else. And your relationships, because if joy comes with Jesus, then a joy problem may really be a connection problem. Key Scriptures: Nehemiah 8:8–12 | Nehemiah 4:2–3 | Nehemiah 4:10 | Galatians 5:22 | Colossians 3:2 | Psalm 139:13–16 | Philippians 4:6–7 | Luke 2:10–11 | John 15:5 | John 15:11 Response Questions Which of the four is costing you the most right now: what you look at, what you replay, what you compare, or how connected you are?What has already been fixed in your life that you have stopped noticing because you are focused on what still is not?Whose life are you comparing yours to, and what do you actually know about what it cost them to get there?

    From Weeping to Rejoicing | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

  3. Oct 18 ·  Video

    Seed for the Sower | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

    Send us Fan Mail There is a sentence in 1 Kings 17 that is hard to read. A widow is gathering sticks to cook the last of her flour and oil, so she and her son can eat it and die. That is where God sends His prophet. Not to a place of abundance. To a woman at the end of everything. In week six of the series What Do You See?, Pastor Jeremy Saylor works through what that story teaches about the resources in your hands. Scripture’s most common picture for money is seed, and there are only three things you can do with seed. You can consume it, store it, or sow it. Most of us do one or two of those, in the wrong order or the wrong proportion, and miss what God intended. The message walks through each one, including the difference between saving, which plans for a future God has promised, and hoarding, which tries to protect you from a future you do not trust Him with. His point about hoarding is the sharpest line in the message: most of the time it is not greed, it is fear dressed up as wisdom. If fear has your heart, you will never be able to open your hand. Key Scriptures: 1 Kings 17:8–16 | Malachi 3:10 | Proverbs 3:9–10 | Genesis 2:16 | Genesis 4:3–5 | Hebrews 11:6 | 2 Corinthians 9:10–11 | John 3:16 | Ephesians 1:7–8 | 2 Timothy 1:7 | James 2:17 Response Questions Of the three, which describes what you are actually doing right now: consuming, storing, or sowing?Where is fear driving a decision you have been calling wisdom?What has God asked you to release that you are still holding onto?

    Seed for the Sower | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

  4. Oct 11 ·  Video

    It's Time to Grow | Pastor Noah Ray | Sunday Service

    Send us Fan Mail Pastor Noah’s grandparents kept a growth wall. Shoes off, stand flat footed, pencil mark, initials, date. He always wanted the mark to be higher than it was. His grandmother said the same thing nearly every time: it is not what you want, but you are growing. In week five of the series What Do You See?, Pastor Noah Ray opens Ephesians 4 and Luke 2 around something most of us read past: Jesus had to grow. Scripture records almost nothing between age twelve and age thirty, eighteen hidden years in which He matured the way every human being does. Luke 2:52 names the four areas, and the message works through each one. Wisdom, which is knowing what to do with what is true, not just knowing that it is true. Stature, which means God is after every part of you and not only the parts you want developed. Favor with God, the relationship He cultivated with the Father. And favor with people, because growth was never only vertical. It closes in Psalm 92 with what growth actually requires, which is staying planted while something is pulling at the roots. Key Scriptures: Ephesians 6:12 | Ephesians 4:13–16 | Luke 2:41–52 | Colossians 1:9 | 1 Thessalonians 5:23 | Hebrews 5:8 | Psalm 92:12–14 Response Questions Which of the four do you most need to grow in right now: wisdom, maturity, your relationship with God, or your relationships with people?Where are you spiritually passionate but still immature somewhere else, whether emotionally, physically, or relationally?What is actively trying to uproot you right now, and what would staying planted look like this week?

    It's Time to Grow | Pastor Noah Ray | Sunday Service

  5. Oct 4 ·  Video

    Say It Before You See It | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

    Send us Fan Mail Pressure has a way of making faith feel abstract, until the day a “letter” shows up and suddenly you have to decide what you really believe. We go to 2 Chronicles 32 and trace Hezekiah’s response when Sennacherib threatens Judah, not after failure, but after years of doing what’s right. If you’ve ever thought, “Why is this happening when I’m trying to follow God?”, this message puts language to that tension and offers a grounded way forward. We talk about radical faith as more than positive thinking: praying bold prayers, taking courageous steps, and trusting God more than fear. Then we break faith down into five practical words you can actually use this week: hear, speak, step, stay, tell. You’ll hear why faith is developed by hearing the Word of God, why speaking matters when you’re staring at a mountain, and why action is not optional if we want to walk by faith and not by sight. We also dig into the hardest part for most of us: staying when the answer feels delayed. Patience is not passive; it is endurance that keeps you planted on what God said until it becomes real. And we end with “tell”, because faith is meant to be passed on, especially in families, through honest stories of God’s faithfulness. If this encouraged you, subscribe, share it with a friend who’s in a fight, and leave a review so more people can find it. What’s the next faith step you need to take today?

    Say It Before You See It | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

  6. Sep 27 ·  Video

    Is It Enough? | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

    Send us Fan Mail Most of us keep a ledger. We do something kind for a spouse, a friend, a coworker, and then quietly wait to see whether it gets noticed, matched, or returned. That is not love. It is a loan with good PR. In week three of the series What Do You See?, Pastor Jeremy Saylor opens 1 John 4 and unpacks what he calls outrageous love: a cross shaped love that gives sacrificially, forgives freely, serves humbly, and loves people past what they deserve, because that is how we were loved first. Three things happen when you walk through this doorway. You discover you were loved before you ever turned toward God. You find freedom from what was done to you. And reconciliation starts moving through you toward the people who hurt you. Along the way the message retells the Good Samaritan with you in the ditch instead of on the donkey, and looks at Joseph standing in front of the brothers who sold him, holding absolute power, choosing grace instead. Love was never meant to be a finish line you sprint toward. It is the starting line you run from. Key Scriptures: 1 John 4:7–11 | 1 John 4:19 | 1 John 3:16 | John 3:16 | Romans 5:8 | Ephesians 2:8–9 | Luke 10:25–37 | Genesis 37 | Genesis 39:2, 21, 23 | Genesis 45:4–5 | Genesis 50:19–20 | Psalm 105:17–18 Response Questions Where do you see yourself in the story of the Good Samaritan, and what changes if you are the one in the ditch rather than the one deciding whether to stop?What hurt or pain are you still carrying that Jesus has already taken care of?Whose name came to mind while you listened, and what would it take to release that person to God this week?

    Is It Enough? | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

  7. Sep 20 ·  Video

    Our Greatest Need | Pastor Noah Ray | Sunday Service

    Send us Fan Mail David took 30,000 men on a trip that had nothing to do with war. They were going to bring back a gold box. He understood something about the presence of God that most of us have quietly stopped believing. In week two of the series What Do You See?, Pastor Noah opens 2 Samuel 6 and walks through four ways David valued God's presence. He pursued it, he honored it, he celebrated it, and he prioritized it. Along the way the message deals with why Uzzah died on the way back to Jerusalem, what David's very public dancing reveals about his very private history with God, and why your kids will inherit what you celebrate rather than what you say you believe. It closes with a 17th century monk who spent his life cleaning a monastery kitchen and learned to meet God right there in it. God's presence is His greatest promise, and it is our greatest need. Key Scriptures: 2 Samuel 5 | 2 Samuel 6:1–18 | 1 Chronicles 13:3–4 | Exodus 25:22 | Exodus 33:15 | Matthew 1:23 | Mark 1:35 | Luke 5:16 | Acts 3:19 Response Questions If someone looked only at your calendar and your attention this week, what would they say you actually value most?Where have you grown so familiar with God that you have quietly become casual with Him?What are the people closest to you learning from what you celebrate, rather than from what you tell them you believe?

    Our Greatest Need | Pastor Noah Ray | Sunday Service

  8. Sep 13 ·  Video

    7th Day Wounded, but 8th Day Rooted | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service

    Send us Fan Mail Seven is the number of completion. Eight is the number of what comes after. New beginnings, resurrection, and life on the other side of what looked final. In the opening message of the series What Do You See?, Pastor Jeremy Saylor walks through Jeremiah 1, where God does not hand a terrified young prophet a strategy. He hands him a vision, an almond branch, the first tree to wake up after winter. From there the message opens up why the almond branch showed up in Aaron's budding staff and in the golden lampstand, why the earliest Christians called themselves eighth day people and built their baptistries with eight sides, and why eight specific doorways may be standing open in front of you right now. Water at 211 degrees is just hot. At 212 it moves a train. You may be one degree away from a completely different life. Watch to the end, and subscribe for new messages every week. Key Scriptures: Jeremiah 1:1–12 | Psalm 139:16 | Numbers 17:8 | Exodus 25:31–34 | 1 Peter 3:20 | John 11:25 | John 17:14–16 | Philippians 1:21 | Nehemiah 8:10 | Matthew 6:10 | Ephesians 3:20 Response Questions What do you see? Ask God to show you something about your life that you have not been able to see clearly on your own.Which doorway is God inviting you through right now: His presence, outrageous love, radical faith, intentional growth, irrational generosity, contagious joy, bridge-building community, or missional living?What excuse have you been repeating back to God every time He reminds you of what He has called you to, and what would it take to lay it down this week?

    7th Day Wounded, but 8th Day Rooted | Pastor Jeremy Saylor | Sunday Service
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Christian Life Church is a vibrant, spirit-filled church located on Valleydale Road in Birmingham, Alabama, serving the communities of Shelby County and Jefferson County. Our multicultural congregation is dedicated to sharing the love of Jesus through heartfelt worship, meaningful connections, and impactful community outreach. If you're searching for churches in Birmingham, or surrounding areas, we welcome you to join us for a dynamic, Holy Spirit-led worship experience. At Christian Life Church, we believe in the power of unity and transformation through faith, and we strive to make a positive difference in every life we touch. Visit us to discover a church home where you can grow in your faith and find your purpose.

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  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
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