Dr. Raymond and Kassiani Gannon have served in full-time Jewish Ministry for more than 50 years. They pioneered four Messianic congregations, including one one of the first modern Messianic Congregations in 1973, Beth Emanuel in Beverly Hills (Now Ahavot Zion). The Gannons also lived and served in Israel for 15 years, pioneering Israel College of the Bible, before returning to the U.S. in 2003 to serve as the Assemblies of God National Representative for Jewish Ministries, and to launch Israel's Redemption. In 2008, Dr. Gannon spearheaded the first fully-accredited Messianic Jewish Studies Program in the U.S. at the King's University.
Dr. Gannon has a wide array of degrees, including a Th.M. from Princeton University, a Ph.D. from California Graduate School of Theology (1976) and a Ph.D. from Hebrew University in Jerusalem.
Dr. Gannon is the author of
The Shifting Romance with Israel.