Dr. Ray Gannon, has been involved in widespread Jewish evangelism, Messianic synagogue planting, and Bible college and seminary teaching ministries over the past 40 years. After a successful Jewish evangelism and discipling ministry in the early 1970s, Dr. Gannon pioneered his first Messianic congregation in 1973 in Los Angeles. Gannon opened new Jewish outreaches in the San Francisco Bay Area from 1975 to 1979, and later pioneered and pastored Messianic congregations in Long Island (1980) and Queens (1983) as well as directing Beth Emanuel Fellowship in Northeast Philadelphia from 1983 to 1988.
Before moving to Jerusalem to co-pastor King of Kings Assembly in 1989, Dr. Gannon taught missions and Jewish studies at Central Bible College, Valley Forge Christian College, and the Christ for the Nations Biblical Institute (New York campus). Upon arrival in Jerusalem, Ray pioneered the Israel College of the Bible which provided the first successful, on-going, and fully-accredited Bible college for Israelis. Soon he opened special language departments for Jewish immigrants both Russian and Ethiopian.
Dr. Gannon holds graduate degrees from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary (M.A. and M.Div.), Princeton Theological Seminary (Th.M. in Church History), and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Ph.D. in History), among others.