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50 Days of Prayer guides
These daily prayer guides are
authored by Dr. Ross each year for the time period between National Day of Prayer and the PCA's General Assembly.
2002 - God Our Refuge (Celebrating God the Father)
2003 - God Our Redeemer (Celebrating God the Son)
2004 - God Our Rejoicing (Celebrating God the Holy Spirit)
2005 - The Parables of Jesus
2006 - Revive Us Again
2007 - Faith of Our Fathers
2008 - Men, Message & Ministry
2009 - Justice, Mercy & Truth
2010 - The Gospel of the Kingdom
2011 - Messiah: Sermons by John Newton on Handel's Oratorio
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Light of
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We're Glad You Asked (answers to tough questions)
BIOGRAPHY
Michael F. Ross
is a native of Columbus,
Ohio, where he grew
up a Roman Catholic
and was educated
in Catholic parochial
schools. In
high school, he studied
at the Divine Word
Seminary in Perrysburg,
Ohio, in preparation
for the priesthood. He
holds a B.S. degree
in Business Administration
from The Ohio State
University, and an
MBA in Management
from Miami (Ohio)
University. Dr.
Ross has also done
post graduate study
in Economics and
Public Administration
at Memphis State
University. He
was converted at
the age of twenty
seven. He holds
a Master of Divinity
degree from Columbia
Biblical Seminary
and a Doctor of Ministry
degree from Reformed
Theological Seminary
in Jackson, Mississippi.
He became the
organizing pastor
of the Surfside Presbyterian
Church in Surfside
Beach (Myrtle Beach),
South Carolina, in
1982 and remained
as pastor of that
church until 1992. He
then served as the
Senior Minister of
Trinity Presbyterian
Church in Jackson,
Mississippi from
1992-2006. In
August of 2006, Dr.
Ross was called to
be the senior minister
of Christ Covenant
Church in Matthews,
North Carolina.
Dr. Ross travels
annually overseas
on preaching and
teaching missions
and is increasingly
involved in the ministry
of Church Revitalization
in the United States. He
is a member of the
Central Carolina
Presbytery and has served
on the Standing Judicial
Commission of the
PCA’s General
Assembly. Dr.
Ross has authored
two books, Preaching
For Revitalization and The
Light of the Psalms:
Deepening Your Faith
with Every Psalm,
both by Christian
Focus Publishers. Dr.
Ross has authored
the PCA’s 50
Days of Prayer since
its inception in
2002. His devotional
books include God
Our Refuge, God our
Redeemer and God
our Rejoicing, all
on the 150 Psalms; The
Parables of Jesus; one
on revival, Revive
Us Again; Faith
of Our Fathers,
on the Apostles'
Creed, Ten Commandments
and the Lord’s
Prayer (the three
Formulae); Men, Message & Ministry (the Pastoral Epistles); Justice, Mercy & Truth (themes from the Prophets); Messiah: Sermons by John Newton on Handel's Oratorio; and The Gospel of the Kingdom (Sermon on the Mount). Dr. Ross is serving as moderator of Central Carolina Presbytery in 2011-12.
Dr. Ross is married
to Jane Ross,
originally from Jackson,
Mississippi. She
is a teacher, pastor’s
wife, mother and
grandmother. They
have four children
- Joanna,
Abigail, Nathan
and Aaron; and five
grandchildren. Jane is a high school math teacher at Covenant Day School.
Dr. Ross’s
interests are fivefold:
~ He believes in
the centrality of
the local church
and desires to see
its revitalization.
~ He is devoted to
expository preaching
and longs for its
recovery.
~ He is committed
to the Presbyterian
Church in America
and the Reformed
Faith and labors
for a new reformation.
~ He loves America
and prays for a great
revival.
~He is concerned about Biblical masculinity and both models and seeks to develop this in the men of the Church. |
