Dedication to D. Gene West

D. Gene West is a brother in Christ and a faithful Gospel preacher for whom I have respect and esteem. It is with great pleasure that we dedicate this issue of Gospel Gazette Online to this man who I count as a dear friend; most of the pages of this issue of GGO are graced with articles from his pen. ~ Louis Rushmore, Editor

Brother West was baptized into Christ by the late Jess W. Nutter, April 11, 1950 and began preaching in February, 1953. He currently serves the Hillview Terrace church of Christ in Moundsville, WV. He also teaches English Grammar, Hebrews, Philippians, Philemon, Romans, Galatians, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Lamentations and Revelation in the West Virginia School of Preaching. This school, which has sent out nearly 50 preachers in the last ten years, is a work of the Hillview Terrace church in cooperation with other churches and interested persons.

He and his wife, the former Shirley Bissett are the parents of three children, Kandi Davis, Mary Amy Kessinger and Todd C. West. They are the grandparents of six grandchildren. He graduated Freed-Hardeman University, West Liberty State College, Fairmont State University, and has done graduate work at Southern Christian University and West Virginia University. After nearly ten years of intense study, in 2005 brother West authored a moderate preterist commentary on the Book of Revelation entitled: Avenging His Holy Saints, Apostles and Prophets. It is a hardbound book of some 847 pages, including the indices. He previously authored Messianic Prophecy Outlined, which has now gone through its fourth printing. He is also the author of tracts on Islam, the Names of God, one on Homosexuality and some others.

He holds an average of four Gospel meetings per year, speaks frequently on brotherhood lectureships and makes bi-annual missionary trips to the British Isles where he works mostly with churches in Scotland and England. He gave minimal assistance to the British brethren in the publication of a wonderful anthology, edited by brother Joe Nisbet of Aberdeen, Scotland entitled Historical Survey of the Churches of Christ in the British Isles, and serves as American agent for the sale of that great book.

He is a native of Hancock County, WV and with the exception of seven years in his preaching career, he has lived and worked with God’s people within a hundred miles of where he was born. If God wills, he hopes to produce yet another book, this one dealing with the Olivet Discourse of our Lord as set forth in the Synoptic Gospels. He is most easily contacted by email at dgwest02@verizon.net.