John Anthony
USA Regional Director


John Anthony – USA Regional Director

John Anthony has officially worked for Bridges for Peace since 2002, but he has been a friend of Bridges for Peace since its beginning days in Jerusalem. God impressed upon John at the age of ten that he would one day live in the land of the Bible. He worked in the Baptist camps in Israel during the summer of 1970. In 1973, he was appointed to serve in Israel by the International Board of the SBC and was awarded Emeritus status in 2003. John lived in Jerusalem for more than 27 years and worked with the Hebrew, Russian, Arabic, English and International communities. He served for 22 years on the pastoral staff of the Narkis Street Congregation and was pastor of the Jerusalem Baptist Church for four years. He earned his Masters of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry degrees.

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