In Episode 40, Pastor Ron Cantor joins the podcast all the way from a bomb shelter in Ashkelon, Southern Israel. Born an American Jew, Ron shares his incredible journey of coming to faith in Jesus in 1983 after surviving a terrifying car accident that completely totaled his vehicle.
Listen in as Ron shares how God transformed him from a struggling high school student into a top-tier theological scholar. Today, Ron and his Israeli wife run a 24/7 Hebrew gospel TV station and pastor a church in Israel. He powerfully testifies about living with supernatural peace despite the constant threat of ballistic missiles, declaring that he has no fear and just wants to finish his race for the Lord
Guest's Bio
I serve as President of Shelanu TV, the only 24.7, Hebrew-language TV channel sharing the message of Yeshua.
I was born into a Jewish home, circumcised and Bar Mitzvah'd, but I did not know God! I realized at age 17, there must be more. This led me on a journey where I discovered that Yeshua (Jesus), whom I thought was for the Gentiles, was in fact, the Jewish Messiah.
I hold a master's degree from King's University and a doctorate from Liberty University. I served as the Associate Rabbi at Beth Messiah Messianic congregation in Rockville, MD, until my family and I moved to Odesa, Ukraine, to work in the Messianic Jewish Bible Institute as Jewish people were coming to Yeshua in droves. In Ukraine, we birthed a congregation in Bedichev, the city upon which Fiddler on the Roof was based. We then moved to Budapest, Hungary.
In 1999, we accepted an invitation to teach Jewish Roots at the Brownsville Revival School of Ministry. In 2003, my wife Elana, a native Israeli, and I, along with our girls, made aliyah (moved to Israel). I served as the co-pastor and interim senior pastor of the King of Kings Community in Jerusalem.
During this time, we birthed the Isaiah 2 Initiative, taking Israeli young adults to third-world nations to preach the message of Yeshua. In Nigeria, these young adults saw many miracles, and tens of thousands profess faith in Yeshua.
In 2013, I agreed to become the lead pastor of Tiferet Yeshua, a Hebrew-speaking congregation in Tel Aviv. Three years later, we turned the congregation over to a native-born Israeli, while still functioning as an elder there to this day.
In 2020, GOD TV partnered with several Messianic Israeli leaders to birth Shelanu TV. I was asked to become the president.