This duo is finding new uses – and extra income – for houses of worship

Day Edwards and Emmanuel Brown match chefs and locals with underused commercial kitchens and event spaces

As children, Day Edwards and Emmanuel Brown understood the difficulties involved in serving one's faith. Edwards saw her pastor mother's struggles as she built her congregation in Austin, Texas, moving from one location to the next, laboring to cover the overhead and pay rent. Meanwhile, the pressures that Brown's pastor parents faced tending to their congregation and the needs of their family would stay with him for ever.

A lot of people can't handle the stress that many church leaders are under," Edwards, 36, said.