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Part 6 The Benham Brothers' Remarks
The Benham Brothers, identical twins, David Benham and Jason Benham, are American former professional Minor League Baseball players, authors, speakers, and entrepreneurs. Their rise to success earned both brothers a reality show where they hosted Flip it Forward with HGTV which was to premiere in October 2014, which was then canceled before airing an episode due to comments made by the Benhams regarding abortion and same-sex marriage.
Contents
- Part 6 The Benham Brothers Remarks
- David Benham
- Jason Benham
- Business ventures together
- Missioneering
- Flip it Forward HGTV
- Authored books
- References
They have authored two books, Whatever the Cost and Living Among Lions and today they run BENHAM Real Estate Group. The brothers live in Charlotte, North Carolina, David is married to Lori with five children, with Jason is married to Tori with four children.
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, North Carolina where he worked at the David Drye Company. Two years later David and Jason established the BENHAM Real Estate Group. Jason was named the third-most productive Realtor in the United States by the Wall Street Journal and Real Trends, Inc. for 970 closings in 2011.
Business ventures together
The brothers began working in real estate in Charlotte, North Carolina after college. The brothers had had little success until a bank contacted them to work on a foreclosed home. After fixing the home the bank was impressed and gave them many more jobs. In 2003, they co-founded BENHAM Real Estate Group with a focus on bank listings and preparing foreclosed homes for resale.
Missioneering
The Great Recession forced a significant number of Christian missionaries worldwide to leave their mission due to significant shortfalls in charitable donations. In 2010, the brothers created a concept termed 'Missioneering', to replace charitable giving as the primary source for missionary finance by leveraging a missionary's occupational skills to produce for-profit goods or services. 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.
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. 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 and same-sex marriage 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. News organizations such as GlobalFlare.com stated the cancellation came out as a result of a "smear campaign", while the brothers have stated an untrue narrative was advanced to make them look hateful and blame a "gay agenda" for the network's decision. Although their show was cancelled before airing, the Benham Brothers finished the house flip projects on the six Charlotte homes.