Exhibit 99.2

LIFE Financial Corporation

Quarterly Report on Form 10Q

for the Quarter ended June 30, 2002

CERTIFICATION

Pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

The undersigned, who is the Interim Chief Financial Officer of LIFE Financial Corporation and Subsidiaries (the “Company”), does hereby certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1350 that (i) the Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2002, as filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Quarterly Report”), to which this Certification is an Exhibit, fully complies with the applicable requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act of 1934; and (ii) the information contained in this Quarterly Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

Dated:  August 09, 2002	/s/ John Shindler
	John Shindler
	Senior Vice President and Interim Chief Financial Officer