User:Rayvickiwiki/sandbox/Ray Bentley, author, pastor

Ray Bentley is senior pastor of Maranatha Chapel near San Diego, which serves approximately 7,000 weekly attendees.

A graduate of Calvary Chapel Bible College, Bentley has served at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa at the House of Psalms, Calvary Chapel of El Cajon and Horizon Christian Fellowship with Mike MacIntosh in San Diego, Calif.

In recent years, Bentley has had opportunities to preach at a Billy Graham sponsored crusade in India, as well as other outreaches in England, Scotland, Australia, Ireland, Africa, China, and the Philippines. He has been a featured speaker at Epicenter Conferences with Joel Rosenberg and numerous other national and international pastors conferences and ministry events.

As a close friend of the late mayor of Ariel, Ron Nachman, Bentley has also become deeply involved in Israel and launched the Nehemiah Project, a ministry of Maranatha Chapel that supports the efforts of numerous outreaches and organizations in Israel including the Joshua Fund, the Nazareth Baptist Church, Hope for Ishmael, the Jewish Agency for Israel, and the American Friends of Ariel.

Bentley has had long-standing interest in Israel and biblical prophecy. He brings these topics together in The Holy Land Key: Unlocking End-Times Prophecy Through the Lives of God’s People in Israel (WaterBrook Press/ Feb. 18, 2014). He introduces the reader to modern-day Israelis who—no matter if they are Jewish or Gentile, Christian or otherwise—are answering the call of God on their lives. “When we look at Israel, we see God’s intentions for the world,” writes Bentley.

Bentley is host to the daily “Maranatha Radio” show heard on stations across the United States and around the world. He has authored five books and numerous booklets and other resources. Ray is married to Vicki; they have two grown children and seven grandchildren.