{"id":49464,"date":"2020-11-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/news\/recordar-a-ralph-west\/"},"modified":"2020-11-13T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-11-13T06:00:00","slug":"recordar-a-ralph-west","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nazarene.org\/es\/news\/recordar-a-ralph-west\/","title":{"rendered":"Recordar a Ralph West"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph West, 92, de Bethany, Oklahoma, muri\u00f3 el 6 de noviembre de 2020. Era un superintendente de distrito jubilado y ministro.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph naci\u00f3 en Coleman, Texas, el 27 de agosto de 1928 a James Oliver y Ora Vee West.<\/p>\n<p>Asisti\u00f3 a Bethany Nazarene College (ahora la Universidad Nazarena del Sur) y Pasadena Nazarene College (ahora la Universidad Nazarena de Point Loma) y se gradu\u00f3 de la Universidad de Baylor en 1957 con una Licenciatura en Artes en Religi\u00f3n.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fue ordenado como ministro de la Iglesia de la Nazarena en 1957 por el Superintendente General Samuel Young. Pastore\u00f3 en la Iglesia de Waco Trinity Heights de la Nazarena (1957-1960) &nbsp;y la Primera Iglesia de Arlington de la Nazarena (1960-1974).<\/p>\n<p>Ralph fue nombrado superintendente del Distrito de Louisiana en 1974 por el Superintendente General Em\u00e9rito George Coulter. Ralph tambi\u00e9n sirvi\u00f3 como presidente de la Junta de la Universidad Nazarena del Sur durante muchos a\u00f1os y fue galardonado con un Doctor honorario de la Divinidad despu\u00e9s de su jubilaci\u00f3n como superintendente de distrito en 1998.<\/p>\n<p>En su jubilaci\u00f3n, Ralph y algunos amigos formaron un grupo de apoyo para ministros jubilados y misioneros llamados ARMM. Este grupo contin\u00faa hoy. Tambi\u00e9n llev\u00f3 a cabo obras m\u00e1s peque\u00f1as, incluida la Copa de Ministerios de Agua y los Ministerios de Westminister, a trav\u00e9s de la recaudaci\u00f3n de fondos personales.<\/p>\n<p>Ten\u00eda una pasi\u00f3n por alistar a todos aquellos a su alrededor para ayudar a construir el Reino de Cristo. Ralph fue instrumental en el edificio de varias iglesias, rehabilitando el Campamento de la Iglesia del Distrito de West Texas cerca de Cleburne, Texas, y restaurando y construyendo varios nuevos edificios en el Campamento de la Iglesia del Distrito de Louisiana cerca de Pineville, Louisiana.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seg\u00fan su familia, Ralph era r\u00e1pido con una sonrisa o re\u00edr y amaba escuchar una buena broma o historia divertida. Predic\u00f3 de una manera que hizo que las personas quisieran unirse a \u00e9l en la misi\u00f3n de ganar almas y examinarse a s\u00ed mismos para ver si estaban siendo la mejor persona que podr\u00edan ser.<\/p>\n<p>Ralph fue precedido en la muerte por sus padres; su padrastro, Palmer Rankin Price; su esposa de casi 60 a\u00f1os, Louise Bayles West; sus hermanos, James, Truman \u00abPrice\u00bb, Benjamin, Garland y John; y las hermanas Lester \u00abSis\u00bb West Duncan, Leta Mae Price Williams y Winnie Price Miller.<\/p>\n<p>Le sobrevive su esposa amorosa, Juanita Porter West; su hijo, Larry, y hijastros, Jerry y John Porter; su hija, Cindy West Cagle, y los nietos Michael, Dustin y Austin Cagle.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ralph West, 92, de Bethany, Oklahoma, muri\u00f3 el 6 de noviembre de 2020. 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