Pastor Richard has been in full-time ministry since 1981 and holds a Doctorate of Ministry (D. Min) through Vision International University Ramona Ca and a Doctorate of Theology (Th. D) through Master’s Open Bible Seminary manila Ph and was ordained as a Bishop in January of 2010 through the Council of Christian Bishops, CCBP.

In 1991 Richard and his wife Joan became the Founding and Senior Pastors of Liberty Church in Fairfield CA, the largest ethnically diverse church in Solano County. Richard West Th.D. is a certified Coach with the John Maxwell Team and an international speaker, trainer, and ministry coach with a passion for helping people find their voice, craft their message, and hone their delivery and grow their churches to the next level through WSM West School of Ministry and VIU partnership. Pastor Richard has traveled extensively throughout West Africa in Liberia, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, as well as the Philippines, China, Japan, India, Romania, Russia, Kazakhstan, and Kuwait training over 30,000 pastors and leaders in more than 20 countries the past 27 Years equipping, training and helping to plant more than 317 churches throughout most of these counties. Richard’s passion includes the daily feeding and care of over 300 orphan children in Liberia, West Africa and the planting more churches in these countries. In March of 2023 Richard was invited into a new network of over 150,000 churches to train across South east Asia. He is a passionate missionary pastor that wants to see transformation to Solano County and South east Asia.