Pastor Ralph Douglas West Sr.

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.

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