Freely you
have received,
freely give...
(Jesus, in
Matthew 10:8)

who we are

     Freedom Rain Ministries was founded by Brenda Spahn in January
of 1997, and is a 501(c)3 non-profit ministry. Originally the program began
in her private residence serving women coming from Julia Tutwiler Prison in Wetumpka, AL. The initiative became known as The Lovelady Center (named from Brenda's late father James Kenneth Lovelady) which is
currently located in the former East End Memorial Hospital in
Birmingham's East Lake neighborhood.

      The Lovelady Center is a nine to twelve month
intensive faith-based program that ministers to women and their children who arrive
at the 100,000 plus square foot facility from:

• The prison system
• Judges who order women to the center as an alternative form of sentencing
• Parole Board
• Community Corrections
• The Department of Human Resources (DHR)
• Self-check in by those who hear of the center
• Domestic violence and abusive situations

We change life.