Pastor Shannon is an Associate Pastor, Discipleship Counseling and a Staff Elder at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California. He has served on staff there since 1989. He is the pastor of FaithBuilders, a Sunday morning adult fellowship group; Children's Ministries; and Grace Community School.
Pastor Shannon oversees and is actively involved in the biblical counseling ministry. He teaches discipleship counseling and marriage and family classes through Logos Equipping Ministries and provides formal and informal counseling for church members and regular attenders of Grace Church. He is also a member of the National Association of Nouthetic Counselors (NANC). Pastor Shannon has also enjoyed opportunities to minister internationally, teaching at pastors' conferences and training centers in India and South Africa.
He graduated from Iona College (B.A.) in New Rochelle, New York, and earned his master of divinity degree from The Master's Seminary in Sun Valley, California. He and his wife, Donna, have two daughters.