Stanley T Ratliff

A North Lawndale Journey of Faith: The Testimony of an Ex-Offender Stanley T Ratliff

A North Lawndale Journey of Faith: The Testimony of an Ex-Offender is story about a gifted man who found himself in the wrong place at the wrong time and was incarcerated for a crime he did not commit. Even more, it is the inspiring story of a man whose steadfast faith showed itself early and how it propelled him into a life of commitment and service to a community that many would have abandoned upon achieving the success that he did.




From a musical talent that led him to join his elementary school band, to his membership in his high school male chorus and founding of the Billboard Magazine-charting R& B group "Superior Movement," to the hardship of serving time in prison, the author maintained a faith in God that not only sustained him but motivated him to use his gifts for the betterment of his North Lawndale community.




Upon his release, he co-founded Hope House, a Christian recovery home for ex-offenders, established a men's choir, earned a master's degree in Christian Ministries from Northern Seminary, and spearheaded the building of The Ujima Condominium Association in which he lives today. With his wife Antoinette, he founded The Celestial Ministries School of Fine Arts, where he teaches music to Lawndale youth. A North Lawndale Journey of Faith: The Testimony of an Ex-Offender is sure to leave you in awe of the talent and generous spirit of a man whose every step-as reflected in every page of this book-is ordered by the Word of God.