Walt Cross lives in the Smoky Mountains of Eastern Tennessee where he and his family serve their community with a small ministry, Appalachian Ministries. Through their health food store, they are able to provide lifestyle education and lectures as well as being actively involved in the local public school system, businesses, churches, and on a one-on-one basis.
Walt’s formal education was in conventional health care administration and for much of his career he worked in that field. In 2000, Walt accepted an offer to work as the director of an International Lifestyle Center where the method of addressing health concerns took a much more proactive approach in looking for root causes. He has found this proactive approach to addressing health concerns to be a much more effective way in addressing chronic diseases and has since focused his time and energy in this work.
Walt routinely speaks by invitation nationally, as well as traveling and teaching internationally.