Rev. Randolph C. West, Jr. is in his thirteenth year as the pastor of St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church. He is a native of Denver, Colorado and a child of God. He is married to Janet West. They have been married for 37 years and are the loving parents of two sons, Todd and Darrell.

     Rev. West received his Master’s Degree in Theology from the United Theological Seminary and is planning to complete studies toward his Doctorate of Divinity Degree.

     Rev. West has been a member of St. Stephen for 20 years. He served as Deacon, Associate Minister, and Assistant Pastor. On December 18 th, 1991, Rev. West was called to pastor the St. Stephen Missionary Baptist Church, Denver, Colorado. Under his leadership, he founded the St. Stephen Outreach Bus Ministry, the St. Stephen Youth Church, the 7:45 a.m. Worship Service, the Strength for the Journey Radio Ministry, and the St. Stephen Mentor Program.

     He is deeply committed to the Lord’s work. He emphasizes the need to minister to the “Whole Man” in today’s world.

     His service also extends to the local, state, and national levels. Locally, Rev. West served one term as Treasurer, and one term as President of the Baptist Minister’s Conference. He currently sits on the board of the Metro Denver Black Church Initiative. Rev. West is the President of the General Missionary Baptist Convention of the State of Colorado and on the national level he is the treasurer for the National Missionary Baptist Fellowship of Churches.

     Pastor West stresses that the most important thing in life is his faith in Jesus Christ. His favorite scripture is Romans 1:16 (KJV).

"For I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Christ:
for it is the power of God unto salvation to every
one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek."