Webtheology presented by Westcliff Press
6/14/2009

Webtheology.com is the web page for Westcliff Press, a ministry of Westcliff Bible Church in Amarillo TX. Westcliff Press is a self-publishing house principally containing the writings of Dr. Steven Waterhouse. It has also published writings of several other authors. These resources are also available on the site.

Westcliff Press began in 1995 with the publication of Strength For His People, A Ministry For the Families of the Mentally III . Dr. Waterhouse has a brother who suffers from schizophrenia; the family had to deal with this devastating disease while he was a teenager. Dr. Waterhouse was determined to help other families understand the great physical and mental trauma which any family with a member with this mental illness must deal with on a 24/7 basis. Over the years since the first printing of this book, Westcliff Press has distributed more than 50,000 copies of Strength For His People to such families.

Westcliff's book ministry currently provides resources that include Bible Doctrine (Not By Bread Alone, What Must I Do To Be Saved, Blessed Assurance); Bible commentaries (Romans, Revelation, by Dr. Roger Hubbard); Counseling (Strength For His People, Life's Tough Questions - demon possession, suffering, death issues, abortion); Outside the Heavenly City, (abortion in the New Testament); Depression Recovery According to the Bible; Financial Counseling (Biblical Economics, by E. Jay O'Keefe]; Marriage and Family Issues (Holy Matrimony, the Image of God in the Family); and Apologetics (Jesus and History, How We Know His Life and Claims). In short, the ministry provides resources for every vital issue that impacts the Church today.

Dr. Waterhouse has served as Senior Pastor of Westcliff Bible Church since 1985. Over that time, membership of the church has averaged 80 families, yet it sustains a ministry that has literally reached around the world, having distributed more than 125,000 books. Resources published by Westcliff Press have been translated into Polish, Malalayam (India), Indonesian, and Spanish, and work on other translations (Swahili, four other African tongues) is in progress. Resources have been mailed to the Philippines, Laos, Sweden, Canada, Mongolia, Kenya, Nigeria, Indonesia, Australia, Belize, Poland, North Ireland, the UK, Mexico, India, Finland, Germany, Cambodia, Malaysia, Guatemala, South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, in countries where their use must be underground, and most probably others unknown to the ministry. They are being used in curricula classes or required reading in more than 15 colleges/seminaries in the United States, and throughout eleven facilities of the Texas prison system. Additionally, all resources have been posted on the Internet by other missions for independent use in their ministries. Selected resources have been donated to more than 1,500 libraries in the US and Canada.

Resources from Westcliff Press may be ordered by completing the Mail Order Form link on this page, and mailing this to Westcliff Press, P.O. Box 1521, Amarillo TX 79105. Orders can also be completed by emailing westcliff@amaonline.com; or by calling (806) 359-6362.