BISHOP MICHAEL D. HANNAH, SR.
2nd Assistant Presiding Bishop
Bishop Michael Hannah, Sr., has spent over three decades as a prolific, explosive and anointed preacher and teacher. From an early age, he developed a love for the Lord and felt a call to share the gospel of Jesus Christ.
A native of Maryland, Bishop Hannah studied at Baltimore City College, Baltimore School of the Bible, Coppin State University and Aenon Bible College.
His pastoral journey began in 1981 when he was called to serve as pastor of Greater Shiloh Church in Baltimore, MD. He is the senior pastor and founder of Life Celebration Center Church, formally Greater Shiloh Church in Baltimore, Maryland and Chief Executive Officer of Christ Tabernacle Apostolic Church in Worcester, Massachusetts.
He is gifted with the ability to open the Word of God in a manner that is accessible to everyone. He explores the Word holistically, ministering to the spirit man, as well as the natural man. With the support of his wife, Evangelist Dr. Jeanette, Bishop Hannah is able to expand his ministry beyond the walls of his churches. In addition to his role as senior pastor, he is the Executive President of Aenon Bible College, Inc. since 2004 which is the official educational arm of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World. During his administration, he established the efficacious Word Explosion Conference, meeting annually across the globe with increasing numbers of enthusiastic learners. Under his direction and guidance, Aenon has had a consistent enrollment of over two thousand students including the enrollees in the over 100 satellite institutes around the globe. Bishop Hannah along with the Aenon Board of Directors invested in expanding the global presence through technology with the inauguration opening of Aenon online courses.
Bishop Hannah is also the 2nd Assistant Presiding Bishop of the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World Inc., (P.A.W), and the Diocesan of the Northeast District Council, the 19th Episcopal District, and serves on The Executive Board of Bishops. Prior to becoming the Northeast District Council’s third Diocesan, Bishop Hannah was the Diocesan Bishop of the 47th Episcopal District of Kenya, Africa; where he founded over 200 churches with a population of upwards of forty-thousand members. He has worked along with other pastors to establish the first Bible Institute (Aenon) in Kenya.
He is the founder and Prelate of the very successful World Believers Fellowship in Maryland. Because of the progressive ministry that God has blessed Bishop Hannah with; he is one of the most sought after international speakers in the country. The gift of leadership anointed by God affords him to conduct, train, teach and empower multitudes of churches and pastors. A wordsmith of the gospel, he shares a revelatory message wherever he goes. In the fall of 2000, Bishop Hannah authored his Power Book Series, A Secret Place…Beyond the Veil, which was nominated as “Book of the Month,” in many bookstores throughout the city of Baltimore. It inspired the reader to go to a place in worship that they had never experienced. Since the publication of that book, he has completed the series, with “Finally, it’s Your Turn”, and “The Other Side Through”.
Even with his many obligations, Bishop Hannah holds his role as family man as the highest treasure. He and his wife Evangelist Dr. Jeanette Hannah, married for 55 years are the proud parents of three children, sons Michael Jr., and Aaron, and one daughter Lezlie, 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.