Ruth A. Alpha, affectionately known as “Pastor Ruth” is an Ordained Minister and currently serves on the Pastoral Team at Lifechurch in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She served in full time women’s ministry as their Women’s Ministry Director for 13 years from 1994 - 2007. She is a 1994 graduate of Rhema Bible College in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma where she graduated with a concentration in Teaching Ministry. Ruth has 22 years of ministry experience and holds credentials in Criminal Justice, Corrections, DEEP Counseling, and completed a 1-year intense Clinical Pastoral Education Residency at the Lehigh Valley Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. She had the awesome opportunity to serve in Port-a-Prince, Haiti for 6-weeks during the summer of 2013 at the Restavak Freedom Foundation’s transitional home for young restavak girls. She is the mother of one son, James, 4 grand children, and one great grand son. She is the Executive Director of the Restoration Life Center, which launched in April of 2013.