After hearing the startling statistics of how many African-American men were incarcerated, Derwin Stewart, founder and president of Pneuma Life Publishing Inc, became burdened with finding solutions and ideas to reach his incarcerated brothers and change the statistics.  As a publisher of many successful internationally known authors, Derwin shared his burden with his authors and other national leaders and started on his quest to network leaders, professionals and speakers to contribute their talents to changing the destiny of African-American males. The result of Derwin’s passion for solutions for incarcerated African American males, Brothers was birthed.

Brothers is a non-profit organization devoted to developing culturally sensitive character-building programs for African-American males incarcerated in federal, state, and local jails and prisons.  Brothers also targets its efforts toward troubled youth that potentially could be incarcerated. This is accomplished through its’ publication “Young Brothers” which is distributed on the campuses of high schools and junior high schools across America.

Pneuma Life Publishing
Anxious to have his life-changing work published, Derwin shopped for a publisher for many months. Several publishers expressed interest but were unwilling to publish the work with so strong an emphasis on topics such as The Holy Spirit. Unable to find a publisher, he decided to publish the work himself. In 1991, his heart's compilation was published and Pneuma Life Publishing was born. Derwin thoroughly researched and studied publishing, marketing, and distribution and was able to get distribution from the four largest, Christian distributors in the world. For a self-published, first work that was unheard of. He sold out of his first 5,000-copy press run quickly.   By the grace of God, a notable author took notice of the young, enthusiastic, African-American publisher who had been raised from his death bed. That author was Myles Munroe, a highly sought-after, best-selling author with worldwide recognition. The next book published by Pneuma Life was Myles Munroe's Becoming A Leader, one of our overall best-sellers.

As the reputation of Pneuma Life grew, many other notable authors were attracted to Pneuma Life and sought an audience with Derwin. In 1997, Pneuma Life Publishing relocated to Lanham, Maryland and has continued to grow and gain influence in the industry. Derwin and his wife, Kimberly, reside in Mitchellville, Maryland. Derwin's testimony has been inspirational to many people. His philosophy of determination and hard work has encouraged many a fledgling entrepreneur. His motto is Nothing is impossible with God on your side!

Pneuma Life is one of the largest, privately-owned, African-American, Christian publishers in the country. We continue to provide a vehicle by which authors—who could not ordinarily get published, distributed, recognized, or promoted—can see their dreams come to fruition. In addition, we have published works by authors who are well renowned and respected the world over. We give all the glory and thanks to God!