Rev. Hanna Massad Biography

Rev. Hanna Massad was born in Gaza City in 1960. After graduating from Gaza High School, he worked in a private hospital for four years before God called him into ministry.In 1987 Hanna was ordained and served as the pastor of the Gaza Evangelical Church, while he pursued a BA degree from Bethlehem Bible College, which he received in 1991.

Hanna left Gaza to attend Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, where he received his Master of Divinity degree in 1994 and a PhD in Theology in 2000. While he was studying at Fuller, Hanna served as the pastor of First Baptist Church of Azusa, California.

Hanna was called to serve again as the pastor of the Gaza church in 1999. In September 2000 he married Suhad who was born in Palestine and raised in Kuwait. Suhad has a B.A and M.A. degrees from the University of Jordan with a major in biology . Hanna and Suhad have two children, Joyce & Jolene.