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The Reverend Ray Cannata | Pastor 
Ray was raised in New York City and New Jersey. He is a graduate of Wake Forest University (B.A.) and Princeton Theological Seminary (M.Div. and Th.M.), and is finishing doctoral work at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He came in January 2006 to restart Redeemer, after pastoring a church in New Jersey. He and his wife Kathy have two children: Andrew and Rachel. Email Ray at redeemer_nola@yahoo.com. Kathy was raised in Miami, but has deep roots in New Orleans. Her maiden name was Fortier. (Fortier High School and Fortier Hall at Tulane are named for her great-uncle.) The Rev. Shane Gibson ¦ Assistant Pastor 
Shane Gibson grew up in a suburb of Dallas and attended Texas State University where he graduated with a major in philosophy and minor in history. While in school he worked for a compassion organization called New Start where he was the coordinator of an after school program for underprivileged kids in Austin. He married Kim in 2002 and moved to St. Louis to enroll at Covenant Theological Seminary. He graduated from seminary with a Masters in Divinity. They have a daughter, Adison, a son Deacon, and their newest addition, George Owen.
Ken Kostrzewa -- Disaster Response Coordinator
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