Ruth loves to sing for God. She is a Christian recording artist, evangelist and ASCAP songwriter for Jesus Christ starting her ministry in 1986. Ruth is as feisty, unconventional and outspoken as her unique sense of fashion and style: best described as the "mantle of Elijah", a bold spokeswoman for God.
Ruth Greene was born on the plains of southern Texas and was raised with her younger sister Shirley by her father and grandmother. She spent her school years living in a mixed neighborhood in Fort Worth until the death of her father Elmo, relocating to Brownwood, Texas to live with her mother. Before graduation, Ruth moved with her mother and family to San Francisco where she met her first husband and became a world traveler with the United States armed forces for 15 years. She met God and gave her life to Christ in Puerto Rico just before the birth of her last son Joey. She settled in Abilene, Texas and turned out her first three children: Melinda, David and Jon while continuing to raise Joey as a single mother. Her voice was born out of prayer and the desire to minister meaningfully for the Lord in the early 80's as "Ruth Mathews". She launched her independent ministry at the funeral of her son Jon in 1986, ministering with the song "Perfect Heart". Initially, Ruth witnessed and encouraged the elderly, ministered in jails and prisons and actively ministered in song for the church circuit. In the late 90's through 2001, Ruth opened concerts for the likes of Shirley Caesar, Albertina Walker and The Jackson Southernaires. She produced her first CD, "Victory In Jesus" independently in 1999 and began to consider the call of fame with a record label. Ruth operates in the capacity in God's ministry of healing and it became apparent from the reports of fans that miracles were happening simply from listening to Ruth's music on CD. In 2002, Ruth renamed her first CD, "Victory In Jesus: The Healing Voice of Ruth Greene" and reissued the cover. She has continued to steer a course of independence in the ministry that God has given her, not because she couldn't get a record deal, but because it was apparent that this exposure would limit and hinder what God called her to do in that season. Ruth began songwriting in 2002 and teamed up with Holly Ly later that year, releasing her EP CD "Love Is Divine" under her private label in 2004. She expanded the material from her EP CD and released "Love Is Divine Extended Version" on October 28, 2007 with more tracks created from sessions in 2003 and 2004. "I live to sing and sing to live for Jesus." Ruth has been engaged in a groundbreaking Christian book writing project for the last three years and is preparing for another book along with production of another CD in 2008.
