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Johnnie Moore Jr.

Johnnie Moore (born 1983)[1] is an American evangelical leader and businessman who founded the Kairos Company, a public relations firm.[2][3] Moore is a commissioner for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom[4] and president of Congress of Christian Leaders.[5]

Johnnie Moore Jr.
NationalityAmerican
Occupation(s)Founder and CEO of The Kairos Company

Liberty University

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Moore began his career in at Liberty University working in the Campus Pastor's office. He was senior vice president for communications at Liberty University[6] and often served as Jerry Falwell's assistant during his travels.[7] He was a professor of religion, and led the university's convocations.[7]

Personal life

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Johnnie Moore is married to his wife Andrea and has three children.[citation needed]

International religious liberty

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China

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Moore condemned China's treatment of Muslims in 2017 and wrote an open letter to the Chinese premier alongside of Rabbi Abraham Cooper from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.[8] In May 2021, the People's Republic of China issued retaliatory sanctions against Moore that banned him from entering the territory that it controls and the United States issued sanctions against a Chinese official for the official's involvement in the detention of Falun Gong pratcitioners.[9][10][11]

Middle East

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In 2017 Moore joined the Los Angeles Museum of Tolerance Press Conference calling for tolerance and the end of bigotry.[12][13] Moore played a key role in the release of the historic Bahrain Declaration calling for rights for religious minorities in the Middle East. Days after the move of the Jerusalem embassy, Moore led a multi-faith peace delegation from the Kingdom of Bahrain on a pilgrimage in Jerusalem.[13]

Moore met and raised awareness of human rights issues with the Saudi crown prince within weeks of the death of Jamal Khashoggi.[14] He also visited the country on 9/11 and is an advocate of the Crown Prince's Vision 2030 reform agenda.[15] Moore participated in the announcement of the first ever Chief Rabbi for the United Arab Emirates[16] and held meetings with heads of state throughout the Islamic world with the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates in 2018[17] as well as advocating for persecuted Hindus in India.[18] He now serves on the ADL Task Force for Protecting Minority Groups in the Middle East.[19]

Moore praised the Kingdom of Jordan for its interfaith efforts[20] as well as praising the president of Azerbaijan as a model of peaceful coexistence.[21] He has also met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and various Palestinian leaders,[22] the president of Azerbaijan,[23][24] and twice with the Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in 2019 and 2018[25][26] and he has met with the World Council of Churches.[27]

Moore referred to the ISIS threat against Christians in Iraq and Syria as a “once in a 1000 year threat to Christianity.”[28] He chartered a private jet and organized the evacuation and resettlement of ISIS victims from Northern Iraq to Slovakia over Christmas in 2015, a first in a series of efforts that eventually resettled over 10,000 Christian and Yazidi refugees displaced by ISIS.[29][30] On September 11, 2019, he joined forces with Muhammad Alissa of the Muslim World League to issue a joint statement calling for cooperation between evangelicals like Moore and Muslims with a focus on protecting Christian holy sites.[31] Moore is a critic of Iran and has called for the Iranian people to take back their religion from their supreme leader.[32][33] He praised Pakistan's prime minister for the arrest of a leading terrorist[18] and in 2019 his advocacy was credited for the release of an 82-year-old Muslim prisoner of conscience in Pakistan, Abdul Shakoor.[34][35]

Moore was among an evangelical delegation who met with Egyptian government officials[36][37] and was the guest of Egypt's president for the grand opening of the Middle East's largest cathedral.[38]

North Korea

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Moore was involved in bringing together liberal, moderate and conservative evangelicals in a joint call for prayer for peace in North Korea.[39]

Political activity

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Foreign policy

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Moore called the Obama foreign policy a “failed experiment in American humility” and advocated for greater American hegemony in the Trump administration while warning, “It takes theater to win the White House these days but it takes temperament to run it”.[40] He has called on European politicians to do more to combat terrorism.[41] Moore wrote that one of the reasons why evangelicals supported Trump's move of the Jerusalem embassy was because they also care about Palestinians.[42] He repeatedly downplayed the idea that Christian theology is why evangelicals support Israel and that the real reason is more about geo-politics.[43] Moore was among a contingent of evangelical leaders who met with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu.[44]

Social justice

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On immigration, Moore was described by NPR as "pro Trump" and "pro DACA".[45] He collaborated with U.S. representative Nancy Pelosi in advocacy for Dreamers.[46] He was credited along with other evangelicals with moderating the President's view on Dreamers.[47] Moore is a noted advocate for prison reform.[48] Trump's prison reform effort began with a conversation between Moore, Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump and Samuel Rodriguez at a White House dinner on the eve of the National Day of Prayer.[49]

On the issue religious liberty, Moore offered to meet with Pope Francis after a Vatican newspaper attacked American evangelicals in order to build bridges between evangelicals and Catholics as it relates to immigration, religious persecution and other concerns.[50] In a hugely critical editorial on conservative evangelicals, Jim Winkler, President of the National Council of Churches, credited Moore with having a different voice among conservative evangelicals.[51] He criticized Joy Behar for remarks about Christians which compared their faith to "mental illness," noting this was the faith of Billy Graham, Martin Luther King Jr., and Pope John Paul II.[52][53] He advocated for the repeal of the Johnson Amendment, which bars the endorsement of political candidates by non-profits.[54] Moore condemned racism, white supremacism and anti-semitism in the immediate aftermath of Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.[55][56]

2016 presidential elections

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In 2016 CNN cited Moore as example of a "millennial evangelical", one of seven types of evangelicals that would make a difference in the election, quoting him as saying, "The difference between me and my parents' generation, the culture warriors, is that I actually know people on the other side, and I like them.'"[57] Early in the campaign Moore was candidate Ben Carson's "special faith advisor".[58][59]

Moore would go on to serve on then candidate Donald Trump's evangelical executive board alongside former representative Michele Bachmann, founder of the Faith and Freedom Coalition Ralph Reed, and others to create a "consistent dialogue between Mr. Trump and the evangelical community". He stated he would have similarly served as an advisor to candidate Hillary Clinton had he been asked.[60][61]

On June 21, 2016, Moore was among 900 evangelical leaders who met with then-candidate Trump. He also one of around 25 high-profile evangelical leaders in a smaller meeting with Trump that day . He told a reporter that what struck him was Trump's "sort of unwavering commitment to issues related to religious liberty", and that he was the "one candidate who says he will support the things that are important to us".[61]

In 2019, after Trump was elected and in office, Moore tweeted a viral photo of evangelicals and spiritual advisers praying with Trump in the Oval Office with the caption "Such an honor to pray within the Oval Office for @POTUS & @VP."[62]

Written works

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  • What Am I Supposed to Do with My Life?[63]
  • The Martyr’s Oath[64]
  • 10 Things You Must Know about the Global War on Christianity[65]
  • Defying ISIS: Preserving Christianity in the Place of its Birth and in Your Own Backyard[66]
  • Dirty God[67]

Honors and awards

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Moore received the medal of valor from the Simon Wiesenthal Center.[68]

Moore has spoken at the Georgetown University's Institute of Politics and Public Services[69] and the USC's Annenberg School of Journalism.[70] He also spoke to Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) at Fort Liberty, NC (formerly known as Fort Bragg).[71]

References

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  1. ^ date of birth information sourced from Library of Congress Authorities data, via corresponding WorldCat Identities linked authority file (LAF). Retrieved on 2020-05-06.
  2. ^ Lovett, Ian (7 December 2017). "Evangelical Christians Lobbied Hard for Trump's Move on Jerusalem". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  3. ^ "Home". The Kairos Company. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  4. ^ "Johnnie Moore, Commissioner". United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. 2018-05-24. Archived from the original on 2019-09-29. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  5. ^ "Sam Rodriguez, Johnnie Moore Launch New 'Congress of Christian Leaders' to Unite Global Church". christianpost.com. 9 May 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  6. ^ "Biography: Johnnie Moore, Founder, The Kairos Company". The Kairos Company. Archived from the original on November 27, 2016. Retrieved June 8, 2017.
  7. ^ a b Boorstein, Michelle (2011-10-15). "Liberty University's Johnnie Moore speaks the language of young evangelicals". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
  8. ^ "Dear President Xi: A rabbi and a reverend ask China to stop persecuting Muslims and Christians | Opinion". Newsweek. 2018-12-17. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  9. ^ "China bars U.S. evangelical in response to sanctioning of Chinese official". Reuters. 26 May 2021.
  10. ^ "China bans US religious figure from entry in latest exchange of sanctions". Apple Daily. 26 May 2021. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021.
  11. ^ Zhen, Liu (26 May 2021). "Eye for an eye: China bans US religious leader as payback for sanction over Falun Gong detention". South China Morning Post.
  12. ^ "Muslim, Jewish, Christian Leaders to Sign Historic 'Bahrain Declaration' on Religious Freedom". christianpost.com. 13 September 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  13. ^ a b Davidi, Avi. "With rare Israel visit, Bahraini delegation seeks new dialogue for coexistence". timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  14. ^ Boorstein, Michelle (November 2, 2018). "Trump's evangelical advisers meet with Saudi Crown Prince and discuss Jamal Khashoggi's murder, "human rights," spokesman says". The Washington Post. Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  15. ^ "We visited Saudi Arabia on the eve of 9/11. The Kingdom is changing for good". english.alarabiya.net. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  16. ^ "ADL Event on Interreligious Tolerance and the UAE". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  17. ^ Ross, A. Larry. "Why Joel C. Rosenberg Just Met Face-to-Face With UAE Crown Prince". Charisma News. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  18. ^ a b "Plight of Kashmiri Pandits highlighted in State Department Ministerial". India Post News - Breaking and Latest News Worldwide - Indian Diaspora. 25 July 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  19. ^ "ADL Launches Task Force to Protect Minority Communities of Middle East". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  20. ^ Moore, Johnnie (2015-03-05). "We must stand up for Middle East's persecuted Christians". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  21. ^ "Why Rev. Johnnie Moore Is Praising This Muslim-Majority Nation as a 'Model' for Other Countries". CBN News. 2018-11-28. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  22. ^ Shellnutt, Kate (5 October 2018). "Still No Churches in Saudi Arabia, But Small Steps Toward Religious Freedom". News & Reporting. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  23. ^ "President Ilham Aliyev receives US renowned religious figures [UPDATE]". AzerNews.az. 2018-11-26. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  24. ^ ن, Johnnie Moore (2018-11-27). "I went to Azerbaijan to meet these imams, whom I had heard about. Sunni & Shia imams who lead thousands of Sunnis & Shias in weekly prayers TOGETHER! We stand here together... as Jewish, Christian & Muslim clergy in the national Heydar Mosque defying extremism, promoting peace.pic.twitter.com/JzZNnW7KEe". @johnniem. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  25. ^ "EXCLUSIVE VIDEO Christian Leaders Meet with Saudi Crown Prince in Historic Step". CBN News. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  26. ^ Batrawy, Aya. "US Christian evangelical delegation meets Saudi crown prince". NewsAdvance.com. Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2019-09-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  27. ^ ن, Johnnie Moore (2018-06-15). "Grateful for the hospitality shown to me this week by @Oikoumene during my visit to their Chateau De Bossey & Ecumenical Center on the occasion of #WCC70. Thoughtful discussion w/ @OlavTveit, @peterprove, @frankchikane, my dear friend Archbishop Vicken Aykazian & so many otherspic.twitter.com/XIi9PzFuWh". @johnniem. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  28. ^ "Evangelical Author: Western Christians Don't Care Enough About ISIS' 'Once-in-a-1,000-Year Threat' to Christianity". christianpost.com. 18 March 2015. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  29. ^ "Glenn Beck, Johnnie Moore Evacuate 149 Iraqi Christian Refugees to Slovakia (EXCLUSIVE)". christianpost.com. 11 December 2015. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  30. ^ Casper, Jayson (7 November 2019). "The Road from Damascus: How a Syrian Christian Spoke at Harvard's Commencement". ChristianityToday.com. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  31. ^ League, Muslim World. "Muslim World League Hosts Delegation of U.S. Evangelical Leaders, Reaffirming Need to Reject All Forms of Extremism and Hatred". prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  32. ^ "Will Iran's Shias Take Back Their Religion From Khamenei?". IranWire | خانه. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  33. ^ Moore, Johnnie (2019-02-19). "Iran should return to ancient teachings of Islam, a religion hijacked in 1979 by a dictatorial regime". Fox News. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  34. ^ "Muslim prisoner supported by Trump evangelical adviser Johnnie Moore released from prison". christianpost.com. 19 March 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  35. ^ Sheraz, Sairah (2019-07-17). "This would not have been possible without commissioner @JohnnieM advocating for my grandfather, and believing in his #justice #ShukoorBhaipic.twitter.com/PtjWgyzLtg". @sairahsheraz. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  36. ^ Boorstein, Michelle (2017-11-03). "President Trump's evangelical advisers meet with Egyptian leader Sissi in Cairo". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  37. ^ "Evangelical Leaders Joel Rosenberg, Johnnie Moore, Michele Bachmann Meet with Egypt's President". CBN News. 2017-11-02. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  38. ^ "Egypt's El Sisi Builds Middle East's Largest Church, A 'Game Changer' in the Region". CBN News. 2019-01-07. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  39. ^ "Greg Laurie, Jim Wallis, Diverse Group of Evangelicals Unite in Prayer for Korean Peninsula". christianpost.com. 28 March 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  40. ^ "Can Donald Trump Protect the Christians Obama Abandoned?". Religious Freedom Institute. Archived from the original on 2020-01-30. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  41. ^ "Why Europe has become a key target of attack: Pros". cnbc.com. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  42. ^ "Evangelicals support Trump's Jerusalem decision because we care about the Palestinians". Religion News Service. 2017-12-18. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  43. ^ Amos, Owen (2018-01-05). "Why do evangelicals support Trump on Jerusalem?". Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  44. ^ "Benjamin Netanyahu Extends Condolences to Billy Graham's Granddaughter at Meeting in Israel". christianpost.com. 23 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  45. ^ "Pro Trump And Pro DACA: An Evangelical Minister Shares His Views". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  46. ^ Boorstein, Michelle (January 18, 2018). "Trump's Evangelical advisers, with Pelosi, push for 'Dreamers'". Retrieved September 30, 2019.
  47. ^ "Did Evangelical White House Access Help Dreamers?". CBN News. 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  48. ^ McCammon, Sarah (20 May 2018). "For Trump's Evangelical Advisers, Prison Reform Becomes A Front-Burner Issue". NPR.org. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  49. ^ "How evangelicals teamed up with the White House on prison reform". Religion News Service. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  50. ^ "Trump's Evangelical Advisers Seek to Tamp Down Vatican Criticism". Time. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  51. ^ Winkler, Jim (2017-08-23). "Opinion | All the President's Preachers". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  52. ^ "Trump Adviser on Christian 'Double Standard': What If Joy Behar Said 'Same Thing About Islam'". Fox News Insider. 2018-02-18. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  53. ^ "Johnnie Moore on View Comments About Pence". Fox News. 18 February 2018. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  54. ^ Vogel, Kenneth P.; Goodstein, Laurie (2017-11-26). "In Tax Debate, Gift to Religious Right Could Be Bargaining Chip". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  55. ^ Marilia Brocchetto and Dan Merica (13 August 2017). "Trump's faith advisers condemn white supremacists". CNN. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  56. ^ Shellnutt, Kate (13 August 2017). "Evangelical Advisers Condemn Charlottesville Rally More Than Trump". News & Reporting. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  57. ^ Burke, Daniel (22 January 2016). "7 types of evangelicals -- and how they'll affect 2016". CNN. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  58. ^ "Ben Carson Appoints Johnnie Moore as 'Special Faith Adviser' to Presidential Campaign". Christian Post. 30 November 2015.
  59. ^ "Carson's faith advisor: He's the epitome of dignity, values". Fox Business. 4 February 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  60. ^ "As some Republicans repudiate Trump, the 'Religious Right' stands by their man". ThinkProgress.org. 8 October 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  61. ^ a b Billy Hallowell (June 24, 2016). "Prominent Christian Johnnie Moore reveals what 'really struck' him about Trump during this week's evangelical meeting". Deseret News.
  62. ^ "Trump spent part of his Wednesday praying with evangelical leaders". NBC News. 12 July 2017. Retrieved 2019-09-30.
  63. ^ Moore, Johnnie (2014). What Am I Supposed to Do with My Life?: God's Will Demystified. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-0849964527.
  64. ^ Moore, Johnnie (2017). The Martyr's Oath: Living for the Jesus They're Willing to die for. ISBN 978-1496419460.
  65. ^ Moore, Johnnie (2017). 10 Things You Must Know about the Global War on Christianity. ISBN 978-1496419545.
  66. ^ Moore, Johnnie (2015). Defying ISIS: Preserving Christianity in the Place of Its Birth and in Your Own Backyard. ISBN 978-0718039592.
  67. ^ Moore, Johnnie (2012-12-31). Dirty God. ISBN 978-0849964510.
  68. ^ "Johnnie Moore Recognized for His Advocacy for Persecuted Christians". RELEVANT Magazine. 2017-04-06. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  69. ^ "Georgetown panel debates faith and the Republican Party". National Catholic Reporter. 2018-05-16. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  70. ^ "CCLP convenes panel on media bias and free press | USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership & Policy". communicationleadership.usc.edu. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
  71. ^ ن, Johnnie Moore (2014-04-08). "Great day at Fort Bragg speaking at the JSOC Force & Family Symposium. Amazing to be with so many American heroes.pic.twitter.com/U6X8k9dFKP". @johnniem. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
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