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 The Pure Talent Sports Ministry is established to first give glory to GOD and provide increase to today's youth in sports by strengthening them physically, mentally, and most importantly spiritually by providing hands on instruction by those that have weathered the storms of life only to be knowledgeable in their specific sport(s) of expertise.We at Pure Talent Sports Ministry believe that everyone has been blessed with the ability to give all the praise and glory to GOD by competing at the highest ability level unknown to man, by way of the father. It is our mission to be in line with the will of GOD and instruct our clients properly in order to release the pure athletic talent within, given only by the father. |
The Pure Talent Sports Ministry was conceived in late 2005 and placed into motion in 2008, providing instruction to a traveling baseball club based out of Pine Bluff, AR. 2008 also marked the ground breaking for training in Men's basketball with one hoopster from Watson Chapel High School in Pine Bluff. In January 2009 the Sports Ministry named former University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff basketball player Jessica Thompson (Fulce) of Plano, TX the director of Women's Basketball Operations. |
The Pure Talent Sports Ministry website will be a tool not only to find out about training opportunities in the area of sports, but also in nutrition and fitness as the Sports Ministry offers advice and guidance from a certified fitness instructor and nutrition specialist. Most importantly the site will also provide spiritual growth and encouragement as the main goal in life is to glorify GOD on earth as he is in heaven. |
  Pure Talent Sports Ministry Founder/CEO Michael Birmingham is a native of Kansas City Kansas. While growing up in Kansas City, Birmingham excelled in athletics as a baseball, basketball, and football player. Doing the early years of life Birmingham was severely pigeon toed and bow-legged requiring him to wear braces on his legs such as Forrest Gump and caused him to travel to St. Louis, MO every summer to the Shriners hospital for treatment and therapy and at the young age of 10 he partook in a surgical procedure to straighten out his legs in order to allow him to walk normally as the other kids. Because of GOD's purpose and the grace of GOD, Birmingham was determined to be the best athlete he could possibly be despite his handicap. By the conclusion of his senior year, Birmingham had been identified as the best three sport athlete in the Kansas City Kansas area by the Kansas City Kansan newspaper and was highly touted in basketball and baseball, attracting interest from schools such as KU, Arkansas, Miami, Oral Roberts, Tulsa, and Oklahoma State. Birmingham decided to travel south on I-35 to Stillwater but due to a shoulder injury was re-routed to Butler County Community College in El Dorado, KS where he was slated to play basketball and baseball for the grizzlies until he traveled north to NCAA D-III powerhouse, Wartburg College. He immediately contributed on the basketball court and the baseball diamond landing him in the top 10 in the nation in saves on the baseball diamond. Birmingham concluded his athletic eligibility at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff where he helped the Golden Lions piece together the schools best record in baseball since the conception of the program. While still completing undergraduate school work, Birmingham signed a professional baseball contract with the Kansas City T-Bones of the independent Northern league of baseball. Birmingham began his coaching career at the age of 19 in Kansas City and has since shared his knowledge at the high school and collegiate levels in baseball, basketball, and football. Birmingham currently resides in Pine Bluff, AR where he serves as a full time deputy for the local sheriff's department. 15 Kevin Edwards 07/18/90 - 11/29/09 |
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