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E. Ray Moore,
Jr. Bio
E. Ray Moore, Jr., Bible Teacher,
Army Reserve Chaplain (Ret.), and Campaign Consultant, has served
twenty-eight years in pastoral ministry as a campus pastor,
pastor-teacher in the local church or as an Army Chaplain. He has served
as a speaker-lecturer in a university setting on public policy,
church-state and theological subjects. He has worked as a campus pastor
at both the University of South Carolina and Purdue University. He has
served as a campaign manager, campaign assistant or campaign consultant
for some 12 major political campaigns, including former Vice-President
Dan Quayle's first Senate race in 1980, former Congressman Mark
Siljander's first race for Congress in 1981 and for the Pat Robertson
Presidential Campaign from
1986 -1988. He is considered an authority on involving Christians in
politics and government.
A South Carolina native, he is a graduate of The Citadel, the Military
College of South Carolina, with a B. A. in political science. He
attended Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas, and was graduated
from Grace Theological Seminary in Winona Lake, Indiana, with the M.
Div. (cum laude) in 1974 and with the Th. M. in 1979. He has served on
active duty with the US Army as a commissioned military police officer
and has served as an Army Reserve Chaplain with the rank of Lt. Colonel.
He served nineteen years as an Army Reserve Chaplain. He served as the
Group Chaplain for the 101st Corps Support Group in Saudi Arabia -Iraq
during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm from 5 November 1990 -19
April 1991. For this action he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for
meritorious achievement. He was assigned to Fort Jackson, SC from March
1992 -June 1996 where he served as the ACAP/Transition Chaplain and then
for nine months at the Army Chaplain School in Reserve Affairs. He was
placed on retired status in July
1999. Additional awards include being selected for inclusion in
"Outstanding Young men in America" in 1972, and for inclusion in "Who's
Who in the South and Southwest" in 1993-1994,
1995-1996 and 1997-1998. Also, he was awarded the Meritorious Service
Medal for his ministry as the ACAP/ Transition Chaplain at Fort Jackson,
SC. He and his wife, Gail, were selected as SC Parents of the Year for
2000 by Parents' Day Council, Washington, DC Ray is married to the
former Gail Laurens Pinckney of Charleston, South Carolina. They have
four children, Ray, Richard, Dorothy, and Wm. Rieppe . They have three
grandchildren. They were home-schoolers from 1977-1994. They have had a
long-term involvement in private Christian Education. Gail currently
teaches highschool English at Ben Lippen School, a division of Columbia
International University. Gail also is a regular teacher for young
mothers on the "Biblical Principles of Child-Rearing" and a periodic
speaker for women's conferences and retreats. Ray is active churchman
and has had a long-term involvement in the cause of world missions. In
1982 he made a seven-week missionary and fact finding trip to Egypt.
While there he spoke in numerous churches and consulted with mission and
national church leaders. He is active on behalf of several mission
projects. Currently, he serves as President of Frontline Ministries; a
Columbia, SC based ministry, which focuses on prayer, revival and
evangelism. Frontline Ministries also provides a chaplaincy service for
small businesses, corporations, and institutions. He is Director of the
Exodus Mandate Project.
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