Ross Hastings, a Zimbabwean Scot, holds PhDs in organometallic chemistry (Queen’s University, Kingston) and theology (University of St Andrews, Scotland). His teaching interests include Trinitarian theology, pastoral theology, theology and spirituality of mission, ethics, and the interface between science and theology. He currently serves as the Sangwoo Youtong Chee Professor of Theology at Regent College.

Ross’s most recent books are Pastoral Ethics: Moral Formation as Life in the Trinity, 2nd ed. (Cascade, 2025) and The Resurrection of Jesus Christ: Exploring Its Theological Significance and Ongoing Relevance (Baker, 2022). His latest book, The Glory of the Ascension (IVP Academic) will be published in November 2025. Other published works include Theological Ethics: The Church’s Integrity in Contemporary Context (Zondervan Academic, 2021); Total Atonement: Trinitarian Participation in the Reconciliation of Humanity and Creation (Fortress Academic/Lexington, 2019); Missional God, Missional Church: Hope for Re-evangelizing the West (IVP, 2012); Jonathan Edwards and the Life of God: Toward an Evangelical Theology of Participation (Fortress, 2015); Where Do Broken Hearts Go? A Theology and Psychology of Grief (Cascade, 2016); and Echoes of Coinherence: Trinitarian Theology and Science Together (Cascade, 2017). 

After earning his undergraduate degree in chemistry at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Ross taught high school chemistry at St. Martin’s School in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, coaching rugby, cricket, and tennis. He later taught at Grainger Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne, where he also served as school headmaster. He earned his PhD in organometallic chemistry at Queen’s University with a thesis titled “Chemistry of Ruthenium Carbonyls: Carbon Oxide Hydrogenation by Catalysts Derived from Ruthenium Carbonyls” in 1987. He served as a sessional lecturer in chemistry at Trinity Western University for one year during his first pastorate at Westminster Chapel in Burnaby, British Columbia.

Ross served as Lead Pastor at Westview Bible Church in Montreal, Quebec, and Peace Portal Alliance Church in South Surrey, British Columbia, before taking a teaching position at Regent College, where he teaches courses in systematic, historical, and pastoral theology. He was recently ordained as an Anglican priest.

Ross lost his first wife Sharon to cancer in 2008 after twenty-seven years of marriage. In 2011 he married Tammy Carrillo, who also lost her husband to cancer in 2008. Together they have five children and nine grandchildren. He enjoys sport—especially rugby, cricket, soccer, tennis, squash, and fly fishing—as well as a wide variety of music.

You can find Ross on Twitter at @WRossHastings.

Areas of Expertise

• Trinitarian Theology
• Pastoral Theology
• Deep and Missional Church
• Theology of Jonathan Edwards
• Theology of Karl Barth
• Science and Christianity

Media & Publications

• Theological Ethics: The Church's Integrity in Contemporary Context – Book
• Total Atonement: Trinitarian Participation in the Reconciliation of Humanity and Creation – Book
• Echoes of Coinherence: Trinitarian Theology and Science Together – Book
• A Theological Reflection on My Experience of Depression – Article
• Encountering Community  – Summer Video
• Jonathan Edwards and the Life of God: Toward an Evangelical Theology of Participation – Book
• Missional God, Missional Church: Hope for Re-Evangelizing the West – Book
• Ephesians 4:1-6: A Call of Christian Unity, Part 1 – Article
• Ross Hastings: Key Themes in the Book of Hebrews – Summer Video