A Jewish believer in Yeshua (Jesus), Jonathan Bernis is Executive Director of Jewish Voice Ministries International.

JVMI’s mission, in accord with Romans 1:16, is to proclaim the Gospel to the Jew first and also to the Nations throughout the world. The Good News is proclaimed through television, print media, medical outreaches, and large-scale, international Hear O' Israel! Festivals of Jewish Music & Dance.

More than 500,000 people have attended these vibrant Hear O’ Israel! Festivals throughout Eastern Europe, India, Africa, and South America and millions more have participated through live television broadcasts. Thousands have responded to altar calls and about a third of those who have responded have been Jewish. Over a dozen new Messianic Jewish Congregations have been birthed in the Former Soviet Union through these outreaches. JVMI also partners with several other Messianic ministries to establish and operate Messianic Jewish Bible Institutes around the world to train leaders for Jewish Ministry.

Jonathan hosts a weekly television program called Jewish Voice with Jonathan Bernis, which is aired throughout the United States and abroad on Christian television. The program teaches Christians about the Jewish roots of their faith and seeks to impart a love for Israel and the Jewish People. Believers are taught the importance of proclaiming the Gospel to Jewish People and learn how to sensitively and effectively share their faith with Jewish friends and acquaintances.

Jonathan is the founding Rabbi of Shema Yisrael Messianic Congregation in Rochester, New York where he served as Senior Messianic Rabbi from 1984-1993. He also founded and pastored the Messianic Center of St. Petersburg, Russia where he lived and ministered from 1993-1995. He now travels extensively worldwide, bringing the Gospel to both Jews and Gentiles, equipping Believers with a deeper knowledge of the Jewish roots of their faith and teaching them how to reach Jewish people with the Good News.

A sought-after speaker, Jonathan teaches at conferences and in local churches worldwide. He is a prominent leader in the Messianic Movement and serves on the Board of over a dozen other ministries.

He is also the President of Christian Alliance For Israel, a ministry that organizes pro-Israel conferences and seminars to rally Christian support for Israel. Their "Israel’s Jubilee" conference held in 1998 to celebrate Israel’s 50th anniversary drew more than 10,000 Christians and Jews.

Jonathan Bernis earned a degree in Jewish Studies (secular) from the University of Buffalo. He then went on to study Archeology & Jewish History (Post Grad) in Israel. He attended Yeshiva through the Union of Messianic Jewish Congregations (UMJC) and the International Association of Messianic Jewish Congregations (IAMCS), the two ordaining national organizations (bodies) in the United States. He is formally ordained with the IAMCS (since 1985).