On Aug. 3, 1976, Lartey, who was 20, experienced what he calls “a transformative moment.” He and a friend had cut class, and while standing in the living room of another friend’s home, Lartey says he saw the Lord.

“That moment I saw myself as though standing before God on the day of judgment, and when I looked at my life, I was not ready,” Lartey said. “That was the transformative moment for me.”

Immediately, he cut ties to his partying friends, forgoing nights out in social clubs. “The inclination I had from that day on was more of telling people about God, showing people the way of God, teaching people how to live for God. That was all my desire. For me everything was, ‘How do you make people better by knowing God?’ ”

Eventually, Lartey received a scholarship to come to the United States to attend Livingstone College in Salisbury, N.C. There, while serving as student body president, he met Jacqueline Williams, a North Carolina native who remembers her future husband as a hard worker and a gentleman.

“Friendship led to courtship. Courtship led to marriage,” Jacqueline says. After graduating, Lartey earned a scholarship to study at Duke Divinity School, where he earned a master of religious education.

Today, the couple has three young children: Solomon, Alicia and Victoria.

Source:

Divinity Online Division



WE THANK YOU

The LOP organization would like to recognize and thank you for all that you have done for us - the church, the community, other individuals and the Liberian community as a whole.

You have continue to remain steadfast in your contributions to mankind and have allowed God to direct your footsteps.

Your dedication over the years have proven once again that you are a man of heart, a man of faith & family and a man who cares - committing to the 'love of life'.

~YOU ARE APPRECIATED~

We will be honoring Rev. Dr. Setih O. Lartey

on December 11, 2011 at the Goler Memorial AME Zion Church

Location:

630 N. Patterson Avenue Winston Salem

Time: 5:00 PM

JOIN US!!!!