Reverend Keith Ratliff
Ratliff, Rev. Keith A. Sr., IFMCV Board Member is Pastor of the Maple Street Missionary Baptist Church located in Des Moines, Iowa has been in the ministry twenty-nine (29) years. He has pastored twenty-seven (27) years. Rev. Ratliff is a NAACP National Board Member and the NAACP State Conference President for Iowa/Nebraska. The NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) is the nation’s oldest and most respected civil rights organization. Rev. Ratliff is the State Historian for the Iowa Missionary and Educational Baptist State Convention and Affiliated Churches. In addition to his religious duties, he serves on numerous community boards and leads a quarterly NAACP leadership meeting with the Governor of Iowa. Rev. Ratliff earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Simpson College in History/Education and earned his Master’s Degree from Drake University in Religious Leadership. He is a Senior Engineering Analyst at John Deere Des Moines Works, where he has worked for 32 years.
