Ross West

Ross West has had a varied career in publishing, writing, and serving churches. A friend once asked him how many careers he had had anyway. To Ross, it seems like one, but he can understand how others see more than one. He has served churches in New York, Kentucky, Arkansas, Virginia, Louisiana, and Georgia. He also has been involved in a ministry of writing and publishing in both secular and religious venues.

Through his career in publishing, he has led in producing hundreds of Bible studies and has written numerous articles, Bible studies, and other items. His most recent place of ministry was as publisher of BaptistWay Press® in Dallas, Texas. Prior to that he served as an editor and then manager of an adult Sunday School editorial section at the Baptist Sunday School Board, Nashville, Tennessee, and as director of Creative Services for the national organization of the Boy Scouts of America, Irving, Texas. For a number of years, he has had his own writing and publishing consulting business, Positive Difference Communications.

Ross is the author of thirty books (Life After This Life; How to Be Happier in the Job You Sometimes Can't Stand; Go to Work and Take Your Faith Too!; Guidance for a Good Life; What Life Is Meant to Be Like; Living in the Meanwhile; Seven Words to Live By; The Christmas to Remember; Grief and Hope; Reading the Bible Jesus Read; Reading Through the New Testament; Understanding the Gospel of Matthew; Understanding the Gospel of Mark; Understanding the Gospel of Luke; Understanding the Gospel of John; Understanding the Book of Acts; Understanding the Letter to the Romans; Understanding 1 Corinthians; Understanding 2 Corinthians; Understanding the Letter to the Galatians; Understanding the Letter to the Ephesians; Understanding the Letter to the Philippians; Understanding the Letters to the Colossians and Philemon; Understanding 1 and 2 Thessalonians; Understanding 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus; Understanding the Book of Hebrews; Understanding the Book of James; Understanding 1 and 2 Peter and Jude; Understanding 1, 2, and 3 John; and Understanding the Book of Revelation) and co-author of another (Teaching Adults the Bible, out of print). Among his published writing, he has had sermons published in three editions of The Abingdon Preaching Annual.

Ross served for ten years on the Committee on the Uniform Series, the interdenominational group that plans the International Sunday School Lesson Series. Also, through his participation in the Baptist World Alliance, he produced Bible study materials for two meetings of the Baptist World Congress. He has led numerous Bible studies in churches and other settings through the years, and he has taught college Bible courses as an adjunct professor. His seminary education includes the degree of Doctor of Ministry in Biblical Studies, focused on studies in the Greek New Testament.