Dan Whittemore

Dan Whittemore was brought up in a non-believing family that taught man was
but another animal in the evolutionary chain. Our home was one of only a few
gentile homes in a very large Orthodox Jewish neighborhood near the Tacoa Hill
area of Atlanta. At the age of 18, the glorious light of the truth of Yeshua
pierced his heart. Within a year, he had become a youth pastor, and years later
was licensed as a Southern Baptist pastor. Dan’s hearts desire is to study God’s
amazing Word, and teach its truths. His efforts have taken him around the world,
including 12 years working with orphanages in Russia.
On a trip to Israel in 1999, he first heard Ray Vander Laan teach about looking at
the Word of God through those Jewish eyes of 2000 years ago. Adonai used that
moment to steer him in the direction that he is going now. To plug God’s Word
back into the original settings that it was taught, brought new images and
revelation. Introducing people to the Biblical world, the world that Yeshua walked,
is now one of his major focuses. While teaching at several Atlanta area churches,
he was invited to visit the Beth Adonai congregation. It was not long before that
become his new congregational home, and it was here that Dan was ordained as a
Rabbi, and teaches the bible interactively and in-depth from Genesis to Revelation.
Debbie Whittemore
Dan met his lovely wife Debbie in 1990. They both had been working at the same office for quite some time together,
but it took Debbie’s mother to finally get things headed in the right direction. They were married just a short 10 years
later. Debbie had also been raised in a Southern Baptist setting, but is now heavily involved at the Beth Adonai
congregation, acting as the head Cantor. During the years of attending Beth Adonai, she had fallen in love with the
Hebrew language. The Jewish liturgy has captured her heart, and it is her main desire to sing God’s praise through those
ancient and still powerful prayers.
Bruce & Arletha Hood
Bruce Hood, Sr. was born in Macon, Georgia. He became a believer at
an early age. He was educated in Macon and moved to Atlanta after
college. Bruce continued to seek God and His will for Him. He
worked in Intercessory Prayer, Big Brothers, Usher and other various
ministries.
Arletha Hood was born in Boca Raton, Florida and was a young girl
when she accepted Christ . Through many twists and turns Arletha
came to Atlanta in 1989. Artletha began to seek God more seriously
at this time, and began to study God's word of truth more
thoroughly. Arletha has worked with Single's Ministry, Children's
Ministry, Nursing Home Ministry, Video Ministry and more.
They also try to evangelize their Messianic faith to all the people they meet. They are very proud to be a part of Beth
Adonai and plan on being a part of the Congregation for many years to come.