There is no retirement in the Bible, says Bill Ross with Jocelyn in Shark Bay
Shark Bay Minister Bill Ross has tried to retire twice. However, at 77 years of age he is still serving God in the North West alongside his wife Jocelyn. The couple ministers in Shark Bay – a nine-hour drive north of Perth. Next year will mark 50 years of ministry in this remote region.
Asked why he wasn’t spending time on the golf course, Bill replied: “There is no retirement in the Bible. We saw that the harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. God said ‘go’and we went! How could we sit around and do nothing when the opportunity is there and the need is there?”
Bill has played an important role in raising up young ministers to lead isolated North West churches as he has discipled and worked alongside them for almost half a century.
In Shark Bay – a world heritage listed area - he preaches from the Bible each Sunday. During the week the congregation meets for Bible study and prayer. Bill and Jocelyn have joined every community group they can find and are praying that God will turn these contacts into connections for the gospel.