The Benham Brothers

The Benham Brothers
David & Jason Benham
Born 1975
Occupation Former baseball players, former television hosts, Authors, motivational speakers
Known for Real Estate
Notable work Authors of Whatever the Cost and Living Among Lions
Home town Charlotte, NC
Television HGTV
Website http://benhambrothers.com/

The Benham Brothers, identical twins, David Benham and Jason Benham, are former professional Minor League Baseball players, best selling authors, speakers, and nationally acclaimed entrepreneurs. Their rapid rise to success earned both brothers a reality show where they hosted Flip it Forward with HGTV in the Fall of 2014, which was then canceled to some anti-LGBT and anti-abortion comments the Benhams made.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

They have authored two books, Whatever the Cost and Living Among Lions and today they run BENHAM Real Estate Group.[7] The brothers live in Charlotte, NC, David is married to Lori with five children, with Jason is married to Tori with four children.[8]

David Benham

David Benham attended Liberty University. He was drafted by the Boston Red Sox, and played with the St. Louis Cardinals farm system, but never played above Double-A.

Jason Benham

Jason Benham graduated from Liberty University in 1998 and got a master's degree from American Christian College in 2001. He was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles, and later moved to the St. Louis Cardinals farm system, but never played above Double-A for either team. After retiring from baseball, Jason moved to Charlotte, NC where he worked at the David Drye Company. Two years later David and Jason established the BENHAM Real Estate Group.[9]

Business ventures together

The brothers began working in real estate in Charlotte, NC after college.[10] The brothers had had little success until a bank contacted them to work on a foreclosed home.[11] After fixing the home the bank was impressed and gave them many more jobs.[12] In 2003, they co-founded BENHAM Real Estate Group with a focus on bank listings and preparing foreclosed homes for resale.[13]

Missioneering

The Great Recession forced a significant number of Christian missionaries worldwide to leave their mission due to significant shortfalls in charitable donations.[14] In 2010, the brothers created a concept termed 'Missioneering', to replace charitable giving as the primary source for missionary sustainability by leveraging a missionary's occupational skills to produce for-profit goods or services.[15] In 2014 the brothers' missioneering projects supported three missionaries in the Philippines by hiring and training 300 employees to offer business services and by opening two CrossFit gyms that served 500 members.[16]

Flip it Forward: HGTV

On April 18, 2014, HGTV announced it was planning on having a home improvement show called "Flip It Forward" hosted by the Benham Brothers to premiere in October 2014.[17] On May 6, 2014, Right Wing Watch released a post condemning HGTV's decision to have the brothers host the show because of their prior public statements opposing abortion[18] and same-sex marriage[19][20] The following day, HGTV announced via a tweet that it would not "move forward with the Benham Brothers' series, thereby immediately cancelling the production in the middle of filming.[21] News organizations such as GlobalFlare.com stated the cancellation came out as a result of a "smear campaign",[22] while the brothers have stated an untrue narrative was advanced to make them look hateful[23] and blame a "gay agenda" for the network's decision.[24] Although their show was cancelled, the Benham Brothers finished the house flip projects on the six Charlotte homes.[25][26][27]

Authored books

External links

References

  1. ↑ "Scripps Upfront: 31 new shows for HGTV and DIY in 2014". Media Life Magazine. April 2, 2014. Retrieved May 24, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Benham Brothers Speak Out After Losing HGTV Show". Fox News. May 19, 2014
  3. ↑ "Erin Burnett spoke exclusively to Benham Brothers over Flip It Forward". CNN. May 8, 2014.
  4. ↑ "NC HB2 bathroom law’s impact on business". FOX Business. May 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Benham Brothers Say HGTV Knew About Controversial Comments Over a Year Ago". ABC News. May 10, 2014
  6. ↑ "Did HGTV Cancel House Flippers' Show Over Controversial Comments?". ABC News. May 9, 2014
  7. ↑ "Meet The Benham Brothers".Retrieved 09 May 2016.
  8. ↑ "Meet David & Jason Benham". DayStar. February 17, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Whatever the Cost: Facing Your Fears, Dying to Your Dreams, and Living Powerfully". February 17, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Pro Baseball Players Hit a Double Home Run in Real Estate". Cabarrus Business Magazine. June, 2008.
  11. ↑ "Twin Brothers Boost Business through 'Missioneering'". CBN News. July 28, 2008.
  12. ↑ "Misfortune breeds opportunity". Charlotte Business Journal. July 28, 2008.
  13. ↑ "Whatever the Cost: Facing Your Fears, Dying to Your Dreams, and Living Powerfully". February 17, 2015.
  14. ↑ "Cash-Strapped Missionaries Get a New Calling: Home". The Wall Street Journal. October 25, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2016.
  15. ↑ "Twin Brothers Boost Business through 'Missioneering'". CBN News. September 23, 2012.
  16. ↑ "The Benham Bros Discuss 'Missioneering'". Solutions Magazine. September, 2014.
  17. ↑ "HGTV Adds Nine New Series to 2014 Schedule". HGTV. April 18, 2014.
  18. ↑ "40 Years Since Roe v. Wade" Cities4Life January 22, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Debating Marriage". Christian Post May 7, 2012
  20. ↑ "HGTV Picks Anti-Gay, Anti-Choice Extremist For New Reality TV Show". Right Wing Watch. May 6, 2014.
  21. ↑ "HGTV Drops Benham Brothers’ ‘Flip It Forward’". Huffington Post. May 7, 2014.
  22. ↑ "HGTV considering cutting Benham Brothers due to Christian beliefs". May 8, 2014.
  23. ↑ "Brothers Call on Americans to Take a Stand After Losing HGTV Series Because of Their Views". The Blaze. May 9, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Should the Benham Brothers Have Lost Their Show over Their Remarks?". CNN May 9, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Fired By HGTV, Benham Brothers Still Finish What They Started". The Daily Caller. July 7, 2014
  26. ↑ "Benham brothers wrap up work on homes once slated for HGTV show". Charlotte Business Journal. July 10, 2014
  27. ↑ "The Benham Brothers: Keeping the Faith". Cabaruss Business Magazine. May 21, 2014
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