About the Founder

Stephen P. Hargrave

I am the founder of Real Black Excellence. RBE is an expression of my belief in community and my unwavering determination to live a life that is evidently in pursuit of that belief. In answer to the call of God and through the gifts placed within me I was moved to found the organization known as Real Black Excellence. Through this work I have begun to provide the service to this community and to the world that my gifts require me to offer.

In Pursuit of Excellence

We are not to covertly attempting to convert anyone to Christianity. This is unnecessary. People can make their own decisions about which disciplines they choose to follow, and we know how to respect that. We do feel, however, that whether anyone believes as we do or not, we owe them a debt to be the best neighbor to the community that we could possibly be.

RBE is not attempting to add church members to their church. We are servicing a debt. We are in pursuit of fulfilling our calling in God to be the kind of people who are worthy to be called a Christian. This comes with no strings attached because Christianity's mantra is joy to the world, glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men.