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Dr. Ralph Douglas West

Pastor/Founder

Dr. Ralph Douglas West first preached as a sixteen-year-old in his native Houston. He now serves as founder and senior pastor of The Church Without Walls (Brookhollow Baptist Church, Houston, Texas). The church began with 32 members and now embraces 6,000+ families, meeting in three locations and conducting 5 services each Sunday. Dr. West is affectionately known as PAS.

Dr. West completed degrees at Bishop College, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and Beeson Divinity School, where he received the Doctor of Ministry Degree. He serves as an Adjunct Professor of Preaching at the George W. Truett Theological Seminary of Baylor University. He has an abiding commitment to the church and the academy, relating with equal ease to both venues and using his influence to mentor ministers in both locations. He speaks perennially at colleges, universities and seminaries across America as well as at Regent’s Park College, Oxford University.

The primary function—and I believe that it still holds supreme in the church—is the proclamation of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ. -Pas

Dr. West’s preaching style consists of careful explanation of Scripture combined with his signature ability to tell detailed, credible, and indelible stories from contemporary life that enrich the sermon and relate to the congregation. He also makes penetrating and specific application of the text to his people. He does all of this while maintaining the vibrant preaching tradition of church and culture in an atmosphere of celebration.

Pas is a leader beyond his own church and serves on boards, agencies, trusteeships and committees at local, state and national levels. He is constantly in demand by fellow ministers for counsel and wisdom. On top of this, he pastors a very large church as if it were a much smaller church, standing with people in exceptional times of crisis. As one astute observer remarked, “He is unselfish with his time and utterly without self-regard"

Through publications, television and the internet his messages are available across the world and are witnessed by thousands beyond his church each week. Perpetually in demand, Pas has spoken multiple times at conferences such as the Hampton Institute, the largest gathering to hear preaching each year. From the pulpit to the lectern, he is sought for his preaching gift.

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