Murray Tilles, born and raised in a religious Jewish home, accepted Jesus as his Messiah while a student in college at the University of North Carolina in 1979. Founder and Executive Director of Light of Messiah Ministries, a gospel centered outreach to the Jewish people in Atlanta, GA, Murray has spent 39 years proclaiming the message of Jesus to the Jewish community. His desire is also to help Christians understand the Jewish foundations of our faith.
Murray earned his BA in Economics from the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill as well as earning a Masters of Divinity and an M.A. in Counseling and Psychology from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield IL. He is a missionary, author/writer, theologian, apologist, and teacher, who has appeared on television and radio, and has spoken in over 4000 churches around the world. Currently, Murray speaks in churches around the country helping his brothers and sisters in Christ understand the Jewish foundations of our faith through Passover services, teaching on the Jewish foundation of faith in Christ, the Jewish festivals, the conflict in the Middle East.
Murray lives with his wife in Roswell, GA. He has two adult children.
He is the author of "Devoted to Israel", a devotional for Christians to learn about our Jewish foundations and pray for the peace of Jerusalem.
