BIO
LIFE EVENTS
Wardell Brantley
The local project Story
The National Project Story
His Story
His Book I AM
His Family
THE VISION - THE YOUNG ADULTS (YES)
Lead by: Aria Brantley (Wardell Brantley's oldest daughter of his six children)
Graduate of the College of Charleston, Mass Communications Degree.
Currently in her final semester of the Master's of Communication Degree at the University of South Carolina.
Wardell Armand Brantley
WHEN I STARTED WRITING THE BOOK
& WRITING THE BUSINESS PLAN
My Son, my house and my family almost burned-up
I had a Stroke, I had Siatica
My Family of Eight was living off of $300 per week
My 1st born Son almost died in my Arms
My Mother Died in Kansas
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WHEN I WAS READY TO RELEASE THE BOOK
AND LAUNCH THE COMPANY
My Name Nationally Destroyed in the Media
I lost of All of my passion to work with media, sound and video.
Wife separated-me, left-me tried her best to put me jail
2019-2020
No Wife, No Home, No Vehicle, No Church – Alone literally for One full Year
WHO IS WARDELL JR.?
My dad, who is still a Muslim (as of 1/2020) has over 25 grandchildren who “now” know Jesus as their Lord and Savior!
As a child, I only knew the Muslim-Faith, my dad helped establish Temples in New York, Connecticut & South Carolina and worked with Malcolm X and at one point, my mom served as Malcom-X’s secretary.
God saved me in 2000 during the middle of a very successful career as a DJ/Producer traveling all over the nation.
My audio-visual skill-set was developed in the NY, NJ, Connecticut area.
God came to me Himself one day when I was 26 years old and a successful DJ and business owner. I was on my way to the radio station to start my radio show (1999). He sat in my car with Aria and me and “HE” explained in-detail, the destructiveness of secular music, entertainment and sex and How I WAS BUILDING satan’s kingdom. I turned away from secular music, entertainment and the world from that day forward with the encouragement of my mother; who had an aneurism a few months later and the life I wanted for my daughter and family. A year later all of my brothers and sisters with the exception of one are now confessing Jesus Christ!
After being saved for a year, God put me to work in the church and started the process of showing me how to use my audio-visual skills for His Kingdom, His Purpose and the local communities.
The Media Arts Academy started as a-way to show young people how to use their skills (in music, media and production) for God and Corporations instead of night clubs and secular entertainment.
In 2003, God Revealed His purpose for me which is to establish a nationwide school, curriculum, Television & Communication network and a funding system to serve students, communities and organizations.
Many times, I moved too quickly while God was preparing me for this vision (or did I?).
God often, shows me the plan (in-detail) but does not make it easy to understand when to start or execute it fully.
I know His vision is for an appointed time and I am still learning how to move in-harmony with His Spirit and when His provision is manifested.
This prayer book was birthed during a time in 2007 when I had a stroke. I had five small children and no income and could not work. I started writing my prayers for the times when I was so discouraged that I could not pray. During these heavy moments God Said, if I could press my way to simply read the prayers, He would honor them.
Little did I know, that through these difficult times He would begin to manifest this national communications, funding and school system through me.
When satan attacks me now; I have made it a habit of reading these prayers and taking a walk to thank Him and worship. I had no idea, that He would make a book and a Curriculum out of my process and hard times.
I was the first sibling saved and delivered from the world, out of my five other siblings and now all of us except one is saved. 20 years ago there was no Jesus in our immediate family line, now there are three generations of nieces and nephews who now know Jesus. God says He used me to Infuse Him in our family-line and Now it’s time to Infuse the Generational Wealth, Health & Salvation into this Brantley line.
The school serves primarily troubled-youth, gang members, alternative-school students and young adults coming out of incarceration from jail or juvenile detention centers. All other projects support and finance the school.
My personal experience with the courts, the probation system and being destroyed by the media and so-called friends & family birthed the population that the school would serve primarily. Originally, the school was for kids in church (God had a different route for me). This school serves those that do not know Him and His real Church.
This prayer book serves as a major part of the curriculum. The funding system for the school was birthed out of my experience and service to over 10,000 churches, corporations, hotels, businesses, schools and various clients across many industries.
God has taught me how to distribute and reconcile corporate funding through his system of sowing and reaping and organizing and distributing such as how he actually fed over 20,000 people with five fish.
📷WHERE DID MY PASSION TO PRAY & STUDY ON THIS LEVEL ORIGINATE?
It wasn’t until recently in 2020, when I became very eager to publish the book and start the networks, that I began to wonder where did this book and ministry really originate? God began to show me that it was a setup by Him the whole time.
At three years old on Hill Street in Conway, SC, my sister and I would get down on the floor and pray to mecca with my father, as he raised up and down with his rear-end up in the air. That was funny to us, but we watched and participated.
Then years later watching my dad pray standing-up, I did not know then but as I reflect after 60 years of his family life, nothing major has ever happened to any of his children. All six of us are happy and healthy and accident-free. God has always protected us from harm and danger.
After Malcolm X Died my father ceased pushing us to accept a specific religion until coincidently six months after I was saved at twenty six years old He began following the Nation of Islam again. Praise God, I had just enough Word-Knowledge to Just say no to my father, who I had never disagreed with ever before on anything!
📷After I was saved, I remember sitting at my kitchen table with a gold english-standard bible and telling God “EITHER I AM GOING TO BELIEVE EVERY SINGLE WORD OF THIS BIBLE OR NONE OF IT AT ALL!”
AND THAT’S WHEN I BELIEVE HE REALLY STARTED WORKING OVER-TIME ON ME!
I developed an absolute love, passion and excitement for Studying, Praying and Praising Him!
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I Joined Mason Temple Church of God in Christ and ran smack dead into what they call a Friday Night Prayer Shut-in with Mother Delma Wright and Sis. Mary Bessant!
Shut-in? What? All I knew about shut-ins at that time was the male and female strip-show shut-ins that I DJ’ed-for in the night clubs.
My First Experience with a Friday Night Prayer Shut-in 9:00pm to 4:00am!
📷Me, Sis. Mary Bessant, Mother Delma Wright, little Candace (then about 2 yrs old and Micaiah). The babies knew what to do and how to act and I felt so crazy and so out of place and sat wondering all night in that dimly-lit church, “what in the world am I doing here.” After six hours of sitting there, I left not feeling a thing, driving home still wondering what in the world was that? Why was I there?
But I kept-on going back, I attended just-about every Prayer Shut-in from 2000 to about 2012 and the most memorable shut-ins were those when Mother Delma Wright and I were the only two in the church at the end of the night and I still remember and can hear her walking up behind me and softly-saying, “Pull-on-Him- son” “Pull-on-Him-son” “Pull-on-Him-son.” I am sure she had no idea she was causing me to pull a multinational billion dollar ministry, school and network out of the Spirit/Jesus. Here HE IS Mother Wright, It took me twenty years to pull HIM Out! But Lord Jesus it’s oozing out now!
Serving as the Administrator and the Media director of my church exposed me to many national prayer warriors and the Women of the Church of God in Christ.
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Mother Delma Wright
Mother Mary Bessant
Evang. Evelyn Turnquist
Mother Faye Butler
Missy’ Page Pearl Brown
Mother Willie Mae Rivers
Sis. Jamie Harriott
Mother Earleen Sweet
Sis. Diana Young
Caren Parmley
THESE PRAYING WOMEN & OTHERS
PRAYED WITH ME, FOR ME AND
TAUGHT ME PRAYER & SPIRITUAL WARFARE!
They may not be world reknown but the world is benefitting from their life, prayers, sacrifice and fervency. My family and I and this multinational book, school and the networks are products of their lives and their time with me!