In 2023, about 70 percent of African American babies were born to single mothers. This breakdown of the family is a cultural epidemic that undoubtedly contributes toward instability, poverty, crime, and violence in many underresourced urban neighborhoods. It’s a problem, but it’s not the problem. Thirteen years ago, Presbyterian pastor Alton Hardy moved into a predominately black, underresourced neighborhood near Birmingham, Alabama. He began preaching that the problem is sin, and the answer is Jesus. Along with that, he taught that God is a Father to the fatherless and that Christians should live according to God’s commands. I can’t tell you Fairfield is having a wholesale revival. But Alton’s church is growing. And for the first time in decades, couples with baby strollers are walking the sidewalks in Fairfield. This is the story of how the gospel can change a life, a family, and a neighborhood. But it’s also a story that can change the way you think about your parents, your kids, and why God loves you.