New Hope Baptist Church to Host Black History Guest Speaker on Feb. 9
New Hope Baptist Church in Sawyerville will welcome Marquis Forge, founder and CEO of MRaine Industries and Eleven86 Real Artesian Water, as its Black History Month guest speaker on Sunday, February 9, 2025, at 11:00 a.m.
Forge, a native of Alabama, established MRaine Industries, LLC in 2016 to bring natural, high-quality artesian water to the bottled water industry. His company sources Eleven86 Real Artesian Water from an underground aquifer in Autaugaville, Alabama, a small town in the central part of the state. The water, protected from surface contaminants, naturally flows to the surface under pressure, requiring no mechanical power to extract.
After years of research, Forge and his team launched Eleven86 Real Artesian Water in April 2018, operating from a $6.5 million green facility in Autaugaville. The company has since expanded rapidly, selling water in more than 500 locations across Alabama and twelve other states. Distribution partners include Alabama Budweiser Distributors, and Eleven86 water is available in grocery chains such as Food Giant, Piggly Wiggly, and select Winn-Dixie stores. To date, the company has shipped over 39 million bottles nationwide.
New Hope Baptist Church invites the community to attend this event and hear Forge speak about his journey, entrepreneurship, and the impact of Black business leadership.
