About Jim

Pastor, author, church-planter, Christian television and radio personality, Jim Cantelon is founder and President of WOW–Working for Orphans and Widows, a Federal Charity whose mission is to empower the local church in sub-Saharan Africa and southern India in the care of the sick and the dying.

Cantelon’s first book “Theology for Non-Theologians” (Macmillan NY Publishers), continues to be a popular book with those interested in an entry-level introduction to theology. In his book “When God Stood Up–A Christian Response to AIDS in Africa” (Harper Collins, 2007) Jim chronicles his experiences in Africa, confronted by the devastation of the HIV and AIDS
pandemic.

A gifted teacher and communicator, Jim is a former host of Christian talk shows in Canada and the United States including 100 Huntley Street, Eye to Eye, and Talk to Me, a daily talk- television show Jim produced and hosted for broadcast across 14 million homes in the U.S.

Jim’s radio credits include the top-rated Canadian open-line program “Challenge” and, while in Jerusalem, a regular host of “Voice of Hope” radio, operated out of South Lebanon in a high-pressure war zone.

Jim was born in Olds, Alberta in 1947 and grew up in Saskatchewan and Ontario. He graduated from Central Pentecostal College and entered the pastoral ministry in 1970. He pastored churches in Montreal (1970–1972), Sudbury (1972–1976), Newmarket (1976–1981), and Broadway Church in Vancouver (1997–2000). In 1981, Jim, his wife Kathy, and their three children, moved to Israel at the invitation of the Israeli government. There, he pioneered “Jerusalem Christian Assembly”, now called “King of Kings”. Today it is the highest profile evangelical congregation in Israel.

Currently, Jim produces and hosts a national television show called “Jim Cantelon Today” which focuses on biblical exposition with a contemporary, ‘user friendly’ approach. In conjunction with the television program, he has written and published “Cantelon’s Casual Commentary–a 21st Century Guide to the Life of Jesus for The Internet Generation” and most recently, “Opening the Windows of Your Soul–Discovering the life-changing impact of the Lord’s prayer”. Jim and Kathy have three married children, Todd, Jess, and Kate, and 12 grandchildren.