Michael Rydelnik

Michael Rydelnik is Professor of Jewish Studies at the Moody Bible Institute of Chicago where he has taught since 1994.  The son of Holocaust survivors, he was raised in an Observant Jewish home in Brooklyn, New York.  Michael trusted in Jesus the Messiah in high school and has been serving in the Jewish community ever since then.  He was the founding congregational leader of the Olive Tree Congregation in Long Island, New York and also served for ten years in the leadership of Chosen People Ministries.  Michael has extensive experience in preaching, teaching, evangelism, discipleship, and congregation planting.  He is the author of Understanding the Arab-Israeli Conflict: What the Headlines Haven’t Told You.