1720 East Woodrow Street

1720 East Woodrow Street, The Alvin W. Johnson Story, is an unbelievable autobiography about four Johnson brothers growing up on East Woodrow Street in Tulsa with a mentally ill mother and a faithful preacher father. Sometimes hilarious and sometimes deeply moving, the story of four bad preacher's kids makes you shake your head in amazement that they all lived through it and found their destiny. Minister Johnson's destiny turned out to be prison ministry, but only after being incarcerated four different times before he saw the light and finally found Jesus. He started Lethal Weapon Prison Ministries because the "Lethal Weapon" against a lost life is Jesus. Minister Johnson tells the story of his mother from both sides-the tender side of "Momma Mac," as the neighbors called her, and the bizarre things she did when she was "sick," such as regular run-ins with the police. Their neighbors were afraid of her, with good cause, because she was known to pull a knife on you or throw boiling water on you once she was provoked. The author also honors the bond of love between his parents that survived the years of insanity because one man-his father-had made a marriage commitment to God for life. The book closes with the same words he speaks to prison inmates almost every week, words that call them forward to publicly start a new life with Jesus as Lord: He says, "Tomorrow isn't promised to anyone. This is the only time in your life that you can get it right." His hope and prayer is that this book will be distributed in prisons everywhere so that men and women in prison will find new hope and begin a new life, just as he did. This book is endorsed by the former president of Prison Fellowship, Garland Hunt, and nationally known Christian teacher and author Bishop Wellington Boone, both of whom have been in a unique position to watch Minister Johnson's life. http: //LethalWeaponMinistries.org

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Minister Alvin W. Johnson is an ordained minister in the Fellowship of International Churches and serves The Father's House in Norcross, Georgia, under the leadership of Bishop Garland Hunt, former president of Prison Fellowship, and his spiritual father, Bishop Wellington Boone. He is the founder of Lethal Weapon Prison Ministries. In his autobiography 1720 East Woodrow Street (APPTE Publishing, 2016) this gifted storyteller admits that he is the third generation of clergy, but before he realized the value of his family legacy he became involved with gangs in his neighborhood in Tulsa, Oklahoma. This lifestyle led him into drug addiction and prison. His book is the remarkable story of four sons of a godly pastor-bad preacher's kids-and their mentally ill mother and how God prevailed in their home because of a father's prayers. In 2004 Minister Johnson surrendered his life to Christ after a dramatic encounter and he joined a church that not only welcomed him but also gave him a vision for his God-given potential for an effective Christian ministry. God began to speak to Minister Johnson about ministering to those living in the places he had been delivered from-prison and the streets. He began ministering in adult prison systems, juvenile detention centers, county jails, group homes, and places with at-risk kids. He volunteered at alternative schools and mentored youth in the Gwinnett (Georgia) Public School system. As a child of a mentally ill mother, he also developed a heart for those with mental and emotional challenges. He has never fallen back to his former life and uses his experiences to reach people in prison and after they are released so that they, too, will have a new life in Christ. He resides in the Atlanta area with his wife Marya. He is the father of two sons, Alvin S. Johnson and Alonzo C. J. Johnson, who were murdered as victims of urban violence. Their deaths as well as his experiences in the streets have motivated him to start a spiritual revolution to change cities and restore people's lives. http: //lethalweaponministries.org/