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'''Rick Joyner''' is Founder and Executive Director of and and is the Senior Pastor at Joyner is President of , an interdenominational movement
that mobilizes Christians to engage in the great issues of our time. He has authored numerous books, including and He is also the Editor of <ref>{{cite journal
| authorlink = Rick Joyner
| title = Biography
| journal = The MorningStar Journal
| volume = 23/10
| pages = 5
| date = Nov. 2013}}</ref>


'''Rick Joyner''' (born 1949) is an American public speaker and author. He founded ] with his wife in 1985.<ref>MorningStar Ministries, , Official Website, USA, Retrieved June 18, 2017</ref>
==Personal life==
Joyner was born in ] in 1949. At 19 years old, he joined the ] and served for four years (1968-1971). Before entering the ministry full-time in 1987, Joyner worked as a professional aircraft pilot. As of 2013, Joyner has served in ministry for 30 years. He has authored more than 50 books, including a number of Christian bestsellers. He and his wife, Julie, have five children: Anna, Jane, Aaryn, Amber, Ben, and Sam.


==MorningStar Ministries== == Morningstar Ministries ==
Joyner was born in ],<ref name=negativity>{{cite news|title=Negativity Scene:Bias Affected Ruling, Leader Says|publisher=Winston-Salem Journal|date=September 7, 1999|author=Stolberg, Mary |page=A1}}</ref> and grew up in ].<ref name=prophecy/> With his wife, Julie, he founded MorningStar Ministries in ], in 1985.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.newreleasetoday.com/authordetail.php?aut_id=876|title = Rick Joyner Author Profile &#124; Biography and Bibliography &#124; NewReleaseToday}}</ref>
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is a diverse and expanding international ministry founded by Rick and Julie Joyner in 1985. It began with the biblical mandate of Matthew 24:45-46: “Who then is the faithful and sensible slave whom his master put in charge of his household to give them their food at the proper time? Blessed is that slave whom his master finds so doing when he comes.”


By the mid-1990s Joyner was president of MorningStar Publications, located at that time in ].<ref name = ChapmanCO940602>{{cite news|title=NFL Star Will Bring Message of Hope|publisher=The Charlotte Observer|date=June 2, 1994|page=1A|author=Chapman, Dan}}</ref>
To comply with this mandate, they seek to always serve the Master's household, not be served by it. The ministry motto is: “We will not use people to build our ministry, but we use our ministry to build people.”


By 1994, Joyner appeared in news reports<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1994/06/19/bible-built/|title = Bible Built}}</ref> regarding his participation in plans to build a biblical theme park, in particular, with ], who had been unsuccessful in his attempts to purchase the Heritage USA theme park property.<ref>{{cite news|title=Reggie White Envisions Religious Theme Park Near Charlotte|publisher=The Charlotte Observer|date=February 7, 1999|author=Chandler, Charles|page=1H}}</ref>
One of the primary ways they are called to do this is to provide the household of faith with the highest quality spiritual food that is timely, or “meat in due season.” The goal is to help strengthen the church by helping believers become the strongest Christians possible, and therefore true light and salt in the earth. This is the focus around which every aspect of the ministry revolves.<ref>{{cite web
| title = About MorningStar Publications and Ministries
| url = http://www.morningstarministries.org/ministries/about-morningstar-publications-and-ministries#.UouwOqVc_Hg
| accessdate = 19 November 2013}}</ref>


The ministry hosts multiple conferences annually, with Christians from across the country and globe attending.
strives to publish well-written and well-presented materials with an important and timely message. Titles are distributed around the world and are translated into more than 40 languages Almost all are distributed far more than the average Christian book, with a high percentage becoming bestsellers.


In 1997 Joyner purchased 320 acres of land in ], near ] and moved the headquarters of MorningStar there from Charlotte.<ref name=prophecy>{{cite news|title=Ministry Based on Prophecy Sees Place in Wilkes County|publisher=Winston-Salem Journal|date=December 20, 1997|author=Railey, John|page=B9}}</ref>
In 1991 the distribution of a high quality quarterly publication, ''The MorningStar Journal,'' was added. Edited by Rick Joyner, with ] and Dudley Hall serving as co-editors, ''The Journal'' is devoted to imparting a prophetic vision that is founded on sound biblical teaching, with a broad historical perspective. Articles are included from a wide diversity of historical and contemporary writers who are having, or have had, a significant impact on the church. ''The Journal'' continues to grow in popularity and is now distributed to Christian leaders in more than 100 nations and denominations.


In 2004 MorningStar purchased part of the ] complex (originally established by ] and ] in ], ]) for $1.6 million.<ref name=former>{{cite news|title=Former PTL Land Goes to Ministry|publisher=The Charlotte Observer|date=September 29, 2004|author=Tribble, Sarah Jane |page=1Y}}</ref> The complex has been renamed Heritage International Ministries Conference Center.<ref>{{cite web | author = HIMCC Staff | date = December 25, 2016 | title = Heritage | location = Fort Mill, SC | publisher = Heritage International Ministries Conference Center (HIMCC) | url = http://www.heritageconferencecenter.org/about_us/ | work = HeritageConferenceCenter.org | access-date = 25 December 2016 | archive-date = 10 January 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170110061100/http://www.heritageconferencecenter.org/about_us/ | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps/place/Heritage+International+Ministries+Conference+Center/@35.0604132,-80.912073,15z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x95aee40d1105862a!8m2!3d35.0604132!4d-80.912073|title = Heritage Conference Center · 375 Star Light Dr, Fort Mill, SC 29715}}</ref> Joyner also promotes the Kingdom Business Association which is located in the same complex.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://kbabiz.com/about-us/|title = About Us}}</ref>
MorningStar also distributes audio and video teachings in CD, DVD, and MP3 format. These include some of the most popular Christian teachers and preachers in our time who are having a major impact on the edification of Christians around the world.


Christ's Mandate for Missions (CMM) merged with MorningStar Missions in 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eaglemissions.org/about/morningstar-missions/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120326214533/http://eaglemissions.org/about/morningstar-missions/ |archive-date=2012-03-26 |title=MorningStar & CMM {{!}} EagleMissions}}</ref>
Joyner also publishes a and occasionally and These are distributed electronically via the MorningStar website, email, and social media.<ref>{{cite web
| title = About MorningStar Publications
| url = http://www.morningstarministries.org/ministries/about-morningstar-publications-and-ministries#About%20MorningStar%20Publications
| accessdate = 19 November 2013}}</ref>


==Advisory and other leadership roles==
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Joyner has been a part of the ] and an advocate for the ] and has been considered a leader in the movement since he published ''The Harvest'' in 1989, in which he predicted there would soon be a prophetic movement and a separate apostolic movement.<ref>The Harvest, pages 60-67 {{ISBN|978-1-59933-104-1}}</ref>
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In the mid-1990s Joyner was one of the all-male members of the international advisors-at-large to the evangelical Christian women's organization ].<ref>{{cite book | author = Griffith, R. Marie | year = 2000 | title=God's Daughters: Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission | location = Berkeley, CA | publisher=University of California Press | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=odo6DdE4uHIC&pg=PA151 | isbn=9780520926172 | page=151 | access-date = December 24, 2016 }}</ref>
In 1990, MorningStar began sponsoring conferences as a way to help equip and train the future leadership of the church. By the end of that decade it was concluded that conferences had actually displaced seminaries as the main educational format for the future leaders of the church.


Joyner is also the founder and president of the Oak Initiative.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theoakinitiative.org/board-members#.WVW5TOvytEY|title = Board Members &#124; the Oak Initiative}}</ref> The non-profit organization is for Christians who desire "to Unite, Mobilize, Equip, and Activate Christians to be the salt and light they are called to be by engaging in the great issues of our time from a sound ]."<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theoakinitiative.org/our-purpose#.WVfy1evytEY|title = Our Purpose &#124; the Oak Initiative}}</ref>
MorningStar Conferences immediately drew thousands from across the globe and spectrum of the body of Christ. News of them went out so that a registration policy had to be implemented to control the numbers coming to them, as some had traveled from other continents to come and could not get in because of the crowds.


==Controversy==
It has been a basic goal for each conference to be better and more effective than the previous ones. To date it seems as if this has been accomplished. Each conference continues to be highly charged with spiritual energy, in-depth teaching and training, as well as miraculous visitations and the power of God. Some of these have been credited with sending waves of refreshing and encouragement throughout the church.
In 1998 Joyner's MorningStar Ministries was grossing $7 million a year, and that year it was denied a religious property tax exemption by the North Carolina Department of Revenue for an airplane, four tracts of vacant land, and two residential houses — one that Joyner lived in and one where ] lived and had a recording studio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dornc.com/taxes/property/decisions/scans/wilkes/Morningstar%20Publications%2098PTC168,%20COA.pdf|title = NCDOR}}</ref> Department director John C. Bailey said, "ith MorningStar there are a lot of tracts with costly improvements that affect tax liability significantly... If we did not limit exemptions, it would increase the burden on people, like you and me, who own homes that are not affiliated with any group." MorningStar appealed the Department of Revenue's denial.<ref name=taxhaven>{{cite news|title=Tax Haven on Earth? Religious Groups Add Voices to Growing Chorus Seeking Exemptions|publisher=Winston-Salem Journal|date=September 7, 1999|author=Stolberg, Mary | page=A1}}{{full citation needed|date=December 2016}}</ref>{{update after|2016|12|25}} Also, Joyner's MorningStar Fellowship Church filed a $20 million lawsuit against York County, South Carolina, over the unfinished 21-story hotel on their property that ] had started in the 1980s. MSFC filed an appeal of Judge Hall's ruling that "MorningStar has not provided substantial evidence to back up its claims." The building has never been finished and the county found the church in default after they missed a deadline to show their ability to fund the project.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article12342179.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801071511/http://www.heraldonline.com/news/local/article12342179.html |archive-date=2015-08-01 |title=MorningStar appeals ruling on Fort Mill tower {{!}} The Herald}}</ref>


Controversy has also accompanied Joyner's support for Canadian revivalist ]. Bentley has claimed that God heals the sick, and sometimes even raises people from the dead in his meetings—including three people in Pakistan<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.christianpost.com/news/controversial-evangelist-todd-bentley-claims-3-raised-from-dead-in-pakistan-crusade-152907/|title = Controversial Evangelist Todd Bentley Claims 3 Raised from Dead in Pakistan Crusade| date=18 December 2015 }}</ref>—reports of which were carried by Morningstar TV<ref>{{cite web | author = MorningStar Ministries Staff | date=September 28, 2015 | title=Three People Raised From the Dead in Pakistan | website=] | format = excerpt of full video | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ZSBT8fd-f0 | access-date=2015-12-14}}</ref><ref name="MorningstarTV">{{cite web|author=Bentley, Todd|display-authors=etal|url=https://www.morningstartv.com/harvest-fest/three-people-raised-dead-pakistan |title=Three People Raised From the Dead in Pakistan | date=September 25, 2015 |publisher=morningstartv.org | access-date = December 14, 2015 }}</ref> which is part of Joyner's ]. ABC's ''Nightline''<ref name="ABCNews070908">{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Nightline/FaithMatters/story?id=5338963&page=1|title=Thousands Flock to Revival in Search of Miracles |author1=Kofman, Jeffrey |author2=Yiu, Karson |author3=Brennan, Nicholas | date = July 9, 2008 | publisher=ABC News | access-date= July 7, 2008}}</ref>{{verification needed|date=December 2016}} reporting concerning the "Lakeland Revival," before his marital problems became news, stated that "Not a single claim of Bentley's healing powers could be independently verified."<ref name="Lake">{{cite journal | author = Lake, Thomas | date = June 30, 2008 | title = Todd Bentley's Revival in Lakeland Draws 400,000 and Counting | journal = ] | url = http://tampabay.com/news/religion/article651191.ece | access-date = December 13, 2015 | url-status = dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080704145551/http://www.tampabay.com/news/religion/article651191.ece | archive-date = July 4, 2008 }}</ref> However, the ''Charlotte Observer'' reported on the same series of meetings, "The revival's media relations staff has tried to document healings. They e-mailed the ''Observer'' information on 15 people reportedly healed, providing phone numbers for each and noting that 12 had received medical verification. The ''Observer'' contacted five, plus three whose names were not provided, including Burgee. Each said God had healed them through, or related to, Bentley and the Lakeland services."<ref>{{cite journal | author = Chandler, Charles | date = June 19, 2008 | title = Tattooed Preacher Says God Heals Through Him | journal = ] | url = http://www.charlotteobserver.com/living/religion/article8988545.html | access-date = December 24, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="Pantagraph ap article">{{cite news | author = Reed, Travis | date = July 28, 2008 | title = Florida Revival Drawing Criticism—And Thousands of Followers | agency = ] | location = Bloomington, IL | work = ] | url = http://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/florida-revival-drawing-criticism-and-thousands-of-followers/article_0fe92491-afdd-51ee-9ccf-2f2d39d3b52a.html | access-date = December 13, 2015 }}</ref>
Conferences are a core ministry of MorningStar, like a nuclear critical mass that keeps the fire and energy increasing in every other part of the ministry.


Joyner's public relationship with Bentley began when he appeared on stage in Lakeland with other church leaders to ] Bentley.<ref name=revivalalliance>{{cite web|url=http://www.bjm.org/regarding-todd-bentley.html |title=Public Statement on Todd Bentley from Revival Alliance | author=Revival Alliance Staff |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121223353/http://www.bjm.org/regarding-todd-bentley.html |archive-date=November 21, 2008 }}</ref> After Bentley's divorce from his wife in 2008,<ref name=FiledforSeparation>{{cite journal | author = McMullen, Cary | date = August 12, 2008 | title = Evangelist Bentley, Wife File for Separation | website = TheLedger.com | location = Lakeland, FL | publisher = Gatehouse Media | url = http://www.theledger.com/news/20080812/evangelist-bentley-wife-file-for-separation | access-date = December 23, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="freshfire.ca">{{cite web | author = TFFM Board of Directors | date = August 15, 2008 | title = From the Board of Directors | location = Abbotsford, BC, CAN | publisher = The Fresh Fire Ministries (TFFM) | url = http://www.freshfire.ca/ | url-status=dead | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080820120744/http://www.freshfire.ca/printpage_content.php?id=1065 | archive-date=August 20, 2008 }}</ref><ref name=bappress>{{cite journal | author = Roach, David | date = August 19, 2008 | title = Faith Healer Todd Bentley Separates From Wife, Draws Criticism From Charismatics | journal = ] | url = http://www.sbcbaptistpress.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28727 | access-date= December 13, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090112112017/http://www.sbcbaptistpress.net/BPnews.asp?ID=28727 | archive-date = 2009-01-12 }}</ref> Joyner decided to oversee the process of "restoring" Bentley along with ] and ].<ref name="charismamag.com">{{cite web | author = Gaines, Adrienne S. | date = March 10, 2009 | title = Todd Bentley Remarries, Begins Restoration Process | url = http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/news/20004-todd-bentley-remarries-begins-restoration-process | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314061716/http://charismamag.com/index.php/news/20004-todd-bentley-remarries-begins-restoration-process | archive-date=March 14, 2009 | access-date = December 23, 2016 }}</ref> Joyner made the announcement of the remarriage on March 9, 2009.<ref name="morningstarministries.org">{{cite journal | author = Joyner, Rick | date = 2009 | title = Todd Bentley Begins Restoration Process | journal = MorningStar Ministries | format = Special Bulletins | url=http://www.morningstarministries.org/Articles/1000045589/MorningStar_Ministries/Media/Special_Bulletins/2009/Special_Bulletin_17.aspx | publisher=Morningstarministries.org | access-date=December 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/20005-the-tragic-scandal-of-greasy-grace |title=The Tragic Scandal of Greasy Grace |author=Grady, Lee |date=March 11, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102193600/http://charismamag.com/index.php/fire-in-my-bones/20005-the-tragic-scandal-of-greasy-grace |archive-date=January 2, 2010 }}</ref> He also released a statement as to why he chose to be a part of the restoration.<ref>http://www.freshfireusa.com/writings/view/172-SPECIAL-BULLETIN-Todd-Bentley-Restoration {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
In 2013, Joyner announced that the ministry would no longer call these gatherings conferences. Gatherings would continue, but they would include more training rather than teaching.<ref>{{cite web
| title = About MorningStar Conferences
| url = http://www.morningstarministries.org/ministries/about-morningstar-publications-and-ministries#About%20MorningStar%20Conferences
| accessdate = 19 November 2013}}</ref>


There has also been some controversy about Joyner joining the Knights of Malta (]).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://theknightshospitallers.org/index.html|title = Knights Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta - The Ecumenical Order}}</ref> Joyner released a long statement explaining who they are and why he joined.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.morningstarministries.org/about/questions-and-answers/knights-malta-rick-joyner#.WVV9yOvytEY|title = Knights of Malta Rick Joyner|date = 13 June 2017}}</ref>
is the fellowship of local churches. Those involved are committed to the building of the local church as the front line of the battle between light and darkness, while helping “the bride make herself ready” for the coming King. This group is devoted to keeping the edification of the local church as a primary purpose.


Joyner is a promoter of the ] theology known as the ] or Seven Mountains of Influence, which advocates the need for Christians to be involved in leadership in the seven ].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.morningstartv.com/prophetic-perspective-current-events/church-planting-and-seven-mountains|title=Church Planting and the Seven Mountains {{!}} MorningStar TV|website=www.morningstartv.com|date=26 April 2017|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref> Joyner promotes the ministry of ] who teaches on the Seven Mountains theology; MorningStar Ministries carries a long list of materials by Wallnau.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.morningstarministries.org/biographies/lance-wallnau#.WVqWB-vytEY|title=Lance Wallnau Biography {{!}} MorningStar Ministries|website=www.morningstarministries.org|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>
The primary goal for every MFC church is to be fruitful and multiply its fruit. The goal is for every church plant to itself begin planting other churches within five years, but most of all to be growing in Christ likeness and doing the works that He did.<ref>{{cite web
| title = About The MorningStar Fellowship of Churches
| url = http://www.morningstarministries.org/ministries/about-morningstar-publications-and-ministries#MFC
| accessdate = 19 November 2013}}</ref>


In March 2021, Joyner urged Christians to own weapons to prepare for what he believes will be an inevitable civil war in the United States against those who he says stole the 2020 presidential election from the Republicans.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Fearnow |first1=Benjamin |title=Pastor Rick Joyner Urges American Christians to Prepare for Civil War |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/pastor-rick-joyner-urges-american-christians-to-prepare-for-civil-war/ar-BB1eEiVx?ocid=BingNewsSearch |access-date=22 March 2021 |publisher=Newsweek |date=17 March 2021}}</ref>
was founded to serve three basic parts of the overall vision of MorningStar. First is the equipping, oversight, and support of ministries related to MorningStar. Second is to use the relationship MorningStar has with many different parts of the body of Christ to promote interchange, understanding, and friendship between them. The third is for the mobilizing of spiritual forces for the sake of the gospel.<ref>{{cite web
| title = About The MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries
| url = http://www.morningstarministries.org/ministries/about-morningstar-publications-and-ministries#MFM
| accessdate = 19 November 2013}}</ref>


==In popular culture==
help equip the body of Christ through MorningStar schools, conferences, television shows, and publications. Anyone can become a MorningStar Partner for a regular contribution of any amount with continued contributions to the ministry on a regular basis, whether it is once a month or once a year.
In April 2013, Joyner and his daughter, Anna Jane Joyner, a climate change activist and founder of ], participated in the ] documentary '']'', a nine-part series focused on ]. In the fourth episode, celebrity ] follows Anna Jane as she tries to persuade her father, a ], to change his mind about global warming.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://planetsave.com/2014/04/01/coal-climate-connection-hit-tv-screens-nationwide/|title=Coal--Climate Connection To Hit TV Screens Nationwide {{!}} PlanetSave|website=planetsave.com|date=April 2014|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scu.edu/environmental-ethics/environmental-activists-heroes-and-martyrs/anna-jane-joyner.html|title=Anna Jane Joyner|last=University|first=Santa Clara|website=www.scu.edu|language=en|access-date=2019-05-22}}</ref>


==Personal life==
MorningStar Partners receive a monthly newsletter filled with updates on the ministry and reports on how investments in the kingdom are being spent. In these updates, Joyner gives personal and prophetic insights, reports, and stories about members of MorningStar’s leadership team and the reasons behind what decisions are made.<ref>{{cite web
Rick and his wife, Julie, have five children: Anna, Aaryn, Amber, Ben, and Sam.<ref>The back cover of "The Harvest, 20 Year Anniversary Edition"</ref> All of his children disagree with his political views.<ref>{{cite news | last =Kristof | first =Nicholas | title =He's a Famous Evangelical Preacher, but His Kids Wish He'd Pipe Down: The Rev. Rick Joyner has called on Christians to arm themselves for civil war. But his children would be on the other side. |newspaper =] | location= | pages = | language = | publisher = | date =March 27, 2021 | url =https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/27/opinion/sunday/evangelical-rick-joyner-family.html | accessdate =March 27, 2021}}</ref>
| title = MorningStar Partners
| url = http://www.morningstarministries.org/ministries/partners/morningstar-partners#.Uou3hKVc_Hg
| accessdate = 19 November 2013}}</ref>


== See also ==
is an international conference facility with on-site conference rooms for overnight guests, full service banquet rooms, on-site café and bookstore, and multiple conference venues for weddings, conventions, summer camps, family reunions, Christian retreats and Christian conferences, or a place to get away and relax.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Welcome to Heritage Christian Conference Center
| url = http://www.heritageconferencecenter.org
| accessdate = 19 November 2013}}</ref>


* ]
is a close-knit residential opportunity for active adult Christians and is a major extension of MorningStar’s overall mission to honor fathers and mothers. The goal is to mobilize a body of believers who desire to be engaged in the most enjoyable, fruitful, and productive years of their lives, resulting in the advancement of the kingdom. It is a place of discovering gifts and callings, and for becoming equipped and deployed. The hope is for the Christian active adult community to be among the best and most unique Christian communities anywhere in the world.<ref>{{cite web
* ]
| title = Heritage Lifestyle Communities' Vision
| url = http://www.heritagecommunities.org/index.cfm?Vision
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

is MorningStar's multi-year capital campaign to restore the facilities at ] as a pivotal, strategic location to equip future generations. The desire is to create a dynamic missions base where Christians can come for restoration, refreshment, training, and be sent out into the world with fire and boldness to accomplish their end-time ministry.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Vision
| url = http://www.thenehemiahproject.org/vision
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

is a grassroots movement to unite, mobilize, equip, and activate Christians to be salt and light by engaging in the great issues of our time from a sound biblical worldview. Started by more than 300 Christian leaders from across the spectrum of the body of Christ, Joyner is the group’s president.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Purpose
| url = http://www.theoakinitiative.org/our-purpose#.UozToKVc_Hg
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

The equips Christians in the marketplace as a relationship-based networking and mentoring association. The Association is a platform to connect individual entrepreneurs, kingdom business people, and marketplace leaders within an associative network that allows for accountability, idea exchange, networking, and mutual prayer support.<ref>{{cite web
| title = About the Kingdom Business Association
| url = http://www.kbabiz.com/about-us/
| date = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

==MorningStar Schools==
is a School of Ministry with three major colleges under one umbrella, including the School of Theology and Doctrine, the School of Holy Spirit, and the School of Leadership and Missions. Under these, there are additional focuses such as a School of Worship and the Arts, and Special Forces Missions.<ref>{{cite web
| title = MorningStar Univeristy
| url = http://www.morningstarministries.org/churches/churches-schools#.UozXBaVc_Hg
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

is a Christian K-12 school located in ]. It serves the greater ] Area, with a 4-day school week and a no homework policy.<ref>{{cite web
| title = About Us
| url = http://www.comeniusschool.com
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

==Missions==
is the result of Christ’s Mandate for Missions (CMM) and MorningStar Ministries joining forces in 2009. CMM has more than 500 missionary leaders serving around the globe. Many of these leaders have more than 100 churches and two have more than 2,000 churches each in their networks.<ref>{{cite web
| title = MorningStar and CMM
| url = http://eaglemissions.org/about/morningstar-missions/
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

- Located in ], the Mission Base is designed to be several things: a state-of-the-art communication center for planning, directing, and supporting missionaries and teams in the field, a deployer of disaster response teams; a local church serving the families of MorningStar’s missionary force; and a resting and equipping place for missionaries on furlough. Construction for this facility was completed in 2013.<ref>{{cite web
| title = MorningStar Missions Vision Statement
| url = http://missionsbase.eaglemissions.org/mission-vision/
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

provides wells, springs, and hygiene training to transform communities by providing safe water, education, and hope for people in developing nations. Zao is the spring, wells, and hygiene-training arm for MorningStar Ministries and is now part of MorningStar Missions.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Who We Are
| url = http://www.zaowater.com/who-we-are/
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

==Honor and Awards==
1995 knighted and invested into the ] (Ecumenical Order—“Knights of Malta").<ref>{{cite web
| title = Knights of Malta
| url = http://www.morningstarministries.org/about/questions-and-answers/knights-malta-rick-joyner#.Uo0HkaVc_Hg
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}
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==TV==
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- Joyner oversees MorningStarTV where subscribers can watch conferences, Sunday services, School of the Spirit services, and other services both live and archived.<ref>{{cite web
| title = MorningStar TV
| url = http://www.MorningStarTV.com
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

– Joyner hosts a daily M-F show called Prophetic Perspectives where he shares strategic prophetic insights for current events. Airing since 2009, Joyner has hosted guests like: Bob Jones, ], Kamal Saleem, and many others.<ref>{{cite web
| title = Prophetic Perspectives
| url = http://www.morningstartv.com/prophetic-perspective-current-events
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– This multi-part television series tells the biggest story of this time: climate change and its impact on people right now in the U.S. and all over the world. This eight-episode series is produced by ], ], ], and others. With its cast consisting of many Hollywood actors like ], ], ], and ], it also features Rick Joyner and his daughter, Anna. (April 2014) <ref>{{cite web
| title =Years of Living Dangerously
| url = http://yearsoflivingdangerously.com
| accessdate = 20 November 2013}}</ref>

==Books==
''There Were Two Trees in the Garden'' (Jan 1, 1986)

''The Harvest Trilogy'' (1989)

''The Passover'' (Dec 1989)

''The World Aflame: The Welsh Revival Lessons for Our Times'' (Sep 1993)

''Leadership, Management and the Five Essentials for Success'' (Jan 1994)

''Mobilizing the Army of God'' (Jan 1996)

''Overcoming the Religious Spirit'' (Combating Spiritual Strongholds Series) (Jun 1996)

''Overcoming Witchcraft'' (Combating Spiritual Strongholds) (Jun 1996)

''Three Witnesses'' (Hall of Faith) (Jan 30, 1997)

''The Fire That Could Not Die: The Story of the Azusa Street Revival'' (Hall of Faith Series) (Jan 30, 1997)

''Surpassing Greatness of His Power'' (Mar 1997)

''Courage that Changed the World (Hall of Faith Series)'' (June 1, 1997)

"Prophetic Vision for the 21st Century: A Spiritual Map to Help You Navigate Into the Future'' (Oct 25, 1999)

''Shadows of Things to Come: A Prophetic Look at God's Unfolding Plan'' (Apr 10, 2001)

''Breaking the Power of Evil: Winning the Battle for the Soul of Man'' (Oct 1, 2002)

''Overcoming Evil in the Last Days'' (Jan 23, 2003)

''Overcoming Confusion (Combating Spiritual Strongholds Series)'' (Aug 1, 2003)

''Overcoming Fear (Combating Spiritual Strongholds Series)'' (Aug 1, 2003)

''Overcoming Racism (Combating Spiritual Strongholds)'' (Aug 1, 2003)

''Overcoming the Accuser (Combating Spiritual Strongholds Series)'' (Aug 1, 2003)

''Courage That Changed the World (Hall of Faith Series)'' (Aug 2003)

''50 Days for a Firm Foundation (50 Day Devotional)'' (Aug 1, 2003)

''A Message to the Glorious Church, Vol. 1: A Verse by Verse Study of Ephesians, Chapters 1-4'' (Sep 2003)

''A Message to the Glorious Church: A Verse by Verse Study of Ephesians Chapters 5-6 (Volume 2)'' (Dec 2003)

''Delivered from Evil: Preparing for the Age to Come'' (Aug 2004)

''Overcoming the Spirit of Jezebel'' Audiobook (Sep 1, 2005) by Rick Joyner, Steve Thompson and Francis Frangipane

''The Final Quest'' (Jan 31, 2006)

''The Torch and the Sword'' (Jan 31, 2006)

''The Call'' (Jan 31, 2006)

''There Were Two Trees in the Garden'' (Jan 31, 2006)

''The Prophetic Ministry'' (Jan 31, 2006)

''The Journey Begins'' (Jan 31, 2006)

''The Power to Change the World: The Welsh and Azusa Street Revivals'' (Mar 5, 2006)

''The Overcoming Life'' (Apr 15, 2006)

''Epic Battles of the Last Days'' (May 30, 2006)

''The Apostolic Ministry'' (Jun 1, 2006)

''Commissioning'' (Jan 1, 2007) by Harvest Sound feat. Rick Joyner and Bob Jones

The Harvest (Aug 1, 2007)

''When God Walked the Earth'' (Aug 1, 2007)

''Breaking the Power of Evil Expanded Edition with Study Guide'' (Mar 1, 2008)

''Leadership: Power of a Creative Life'' (Apr 1, 2008)

''Visions of the Harvest'' (Aug 1, 2008)

''Taking the Land; Part One'' (Dec 24, 2008)

''Church History; The First Century'' (Aug 21, 2009)

''Unshakable Faith: A 50-Day Journey'' (Nov 1, 2009)

''An Enduring Vision'' (Apr 1, 2010)

''A Prophetic History, Part 1'' (Apr 1, 2010)

''Overcoming the Spirit of Poverty (Combatting Spiritual Strongholds)'' (Aug 29, 2010)

''Wisdom From Rick Joyner'' (Sep 1, 2010)

''I See A New America'' (Apr 6, 2011)

''Visions of the Harvest, 25th Anniversary Edition'' (Mar 1, 2012)

''The Gospel of Matthew'' (Jan 1, 2013)

''The World On Fire'' (Jan 2, 2013)

''The Book of Acts, The MorningStar Vision Bible'' (2013)

''Paul’s Letter to the Romans, The MorningStar Vision Bible'' (2013)

''Paul’s Letters to the Corinthians, The MorningStar Vision Bible'' (2013)

''The Path (Fire on the Mountain Series)'' (2013)


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Evangelical minister
Rick Joyner

Rick Joyner (born 1949) is an American public speaker and author. He founded MorningStar Ministries with his wife in 1985.

Morningstar Ministries

Joyner was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. With his wife, Julie, he founded MorningStar Ministries in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1985.

By the mid-1990s Joyner was president of MorningStar Publications, located at that time in Charlotte, North Carolina.

By 1994, Joyner appeared in news reports regarding his participation in plans to build a biblical theme park, in particular, with Reggie White, who had been unsuccessful in his attempts to purchase the Heritage USA theme park property.

The ministry hosts multiple conferences annually, with Christians from across the country and globe attending.

In 1997 Joyner purchased 320 acres of land in Wilkes County, North Carolina, near Moravian Falls and moved the headquarters of MorningStar there from Charlotte.

In 2004 MorningStar purchased part of the Heritage USA complex (originally established by Jim Bakker and PTL in Fort Mill, South Carolina) for $1.6 million. The complex has been renamed Heritage International Ministries Conference Center. Joyner also promotes the Kingdom Business Association which is located in the same complex.

Christ's Mandate for Missions (CMM) merged with MorningStar Missions in 2009.

Advisory and other leadership roles

Joyner has been a part of the Apostolic-Prophetic Movement and an advocate for the Fivefold ministry and has been considered a leader in the movement since he published The Harvest in 1989, in which he predicted there would soon be a prophetic movement and a separate apostolic movement. In the mid-1990s Joyner was one of the all-male members of the international advisors-at-large to the evangelical Christian women's organization Aglow International.

Joyner is also the founder and president of the Oak Initiative. The non-profit organization is for Christians who desire "to Unite, Mobilize, Equip, and Activate Christians to be the salt and light they are called to be by engaging in the great issues of our time from a sound biblical worldview."

Controversy

In 1998 Joyner's MorningStar Ministries was grossing $7 million a year, and that year it was denied a religious property tax exemption by the North Carolina Department of Revenue for an airplane, four tracts of vacant land, and two residential houses — one that Joyner lived in and one where Don Potter lived and had a recording studio. Department director John C. Bailey said, "ith MorningStar there are a lot of tracts with costly improvements that affect tax liability significantly... If we did not limit exemptions, it would increase the burden on people, like you and me, who own homes that are not affiliated with any group." MorningStar appealed the Department of Revenue's denial. Also, Joyner's MorningStar Fellowship Church filed a $20 million lawsuit against York County, South Carolina, over the unfinished 21-story hotel on their property that Jim Bakker had started in the 1980s. MSFC filed an appeal of Judge Hall's ruling that "MorningStar has not provided substantial evidence to back up its claims." The building has never been finished and the county found the church in default after they missed a deadline to show their ability to fund the project.

Controversy has also accompanied Joyner's support for Canadian revivalist Todd Bentley. Bentley has claimed that God heals the sick, and sometimes even raises people from the dead in his meetings—including three people in Pakistan—reports of which were carried by Morningstar TV which is part of Joyner's Heritage International Ministries. ABC's Nightline reporting concerning the "Lakeland Revival," before his marital problems became news, stated that "Not a single claim of Bentley's healing powers could be independently verified." However, the Charlotte Observer reported on the same series of meetings, "The revival's media relations staff has tried to document healings. They e-mailed the Observer information on 15 people reportedly healed, providing phone numbers for each and noting that 12 had received medical verification. The Observer contacted five, plus three whose names were not provided, including Burgee. Each said God had healed them through, or related to, Bentley and the Lakeland services."

Joyner's public relationship with Bentley began when he appeared on stage in Lakeland with other church leaders to lay hands on Bentley. After Bentley's divorce from his wife in 2008, Joyner decided to oversee the process of "restoring" Bentley along with Jack Deere and Bill Johnson. Joyner made the announcement of the remarriage on March 9, 2009. He also released a statement as to why he chose to be a part of the restoration.

There has also been some controversy about Joyner joining the Knights of Malta (Russian tradition of the Knights Hospitaller). Joyner released a long statement explaining who they are and why he joined.

Joyner is a promoter of the dominionist theology known as the Seven Mountain Mandate or Seven Mountains of Influence, which advocates the need for Christians to be involved in leadership in the seven spheres of cultural influence. Joyner promotes the ministry of Lance Wallnau who teaches on the Seven Mountains theology; MorningStar Ministries carries a long list of materials by Wallnau.

In March 2021, Joyner urged Christians to own weapons to prepare for what he believes will be an inevitable civil war in the United States against those who he says stole the 2020 presidential election from the Republicans.

In popular culture

In April 2013, Joyner and his daughter, Anna Jane Joyner, a climate change activist and founder of Good Energy, participated in the Showtime documentary Years of Living Dangerously, a nine-part series focused on climate change. In the fourth episode, celebrity Ian Somerhalder follows Anna Jane as she tries to persuade her father, a climate change denier, to change his mind about global warming.

Personal life

Rick and his wife, Julie, have five children: Anna, Aaryn, Amber, Ben, and Sam. All of his children disagree with his political views.

See also

References

  1. MorningStar Ministries, About MorningStar Ministries, Official Website, USA, Retrieved June 18, 2017
  2. Stolberg, Mary (September 7, 1999). "Negativity Scene:Bias Affected Ruling, Leader Says". Winston-Salem Journal. p. A1.
  3. ^ Railey, John (December 20, 1997). "Ministry Based on Prophecy Sees Place in Wilkes County". Winston-Salem Journal. p. B9.
  4. "Rick Joyner Author Profile | Biography and Bibliography | NewReleaseToday".
  5. Chapman, Dan (June 2, 1994). "NFL Star Will Bring Message of Hope". The Charlotte Observer. p. 1A.
  6. "Bible Built".
  7. Chandler, Charles (February 7, 1999). "Reggie White Envisions Religious Theme Park Near Charlotte". The Charlotte Observer. p. 1H.
  8. Tribble, Sarah Jane (September 29, 2004). "Former PTL Land Goes to Ministry". The Charlotte Observer. p. 1Y.
  9. HIMCC Staff (December 25, 2016). "Heritage". HeritageConferenceCenter.org. Fort Mill, SC: Heritage International Ministries Conference Center (HIMCC). Archived from the original on 10 January 2017. Retrieved 25 December 2016.
  10. "Heritage Conference Center · 375 Star Light Dr, Fort Mill, SC 29715".
  11. "About Us".
  12. "MorningStar & CMM | EagleMissions". Archived from the original on 2012-03-26.
  13. The Harvest, pages 60-67 ISBN 978-1-59933-104-1
  14. Griffith, R. Marie (2000). God's Daughters: Evangelical Women and the Power of Submission. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 151. ISBN 9780520926172. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  15. "Board Members | the Oak Initiative".
  16. "Our Purpose | the Oak Initiative".
  17. "NCDOR" (PDF).
  18. Stolberg, Mary (September 7, 1999). "Tax Haven on Earth? Religious Groups Add Voices to Growing Chorus Seeking Exemptions". Winston-Salem Journal. p. A1.
  19. "MorningStar appeals ruling on Fort Mill tower | The Herald". Archived from the original on 2015-08-01.
  20. "Controversial Evangelist Todd Bentley Claims 3 Raised from Dead in Pakistan Crusade". 18 December 2015.
  21. MorningStar Ministries Staff (September 28, 2015). "Three People Raised From the Dead in Pakistan" (excerpt of full video). YouTube. Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  22. Bentley, Todd; et al. (September 25, 2015). "Three People Raised From the Dead in Pakistan". morningstartv.org. Retrieved December 14, 2015.
  23. Kofman, Jeffrey; Yiu, Karson; Brennan, Nicholas (July 9, 2008). "Thousands Flock to Revival in Search of Miracles". ABC News. Retrieved July 7, 2008.
  24. Lake, Thomas (June 30, 2008). "Todd Bentley's Revival in Lakeland Draws 400,000 and Counting". St. Petersburg Times. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  25. Chandler, Charles (June 19, 2008). "Tattooed Preacher Says God Heals Through Him". The Charlotte Observer. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  26. Reed, Travis (July 28, 2008). "Florida Revival Drawing Criticism—And Thousands of Followers". The Pantagraph. Bloomington, IL. Associated Press. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  27. Revival Alliance Staff. "Public Statement on Todd Bentley from Revival Alliance". Archived from the original on November 21, 2008.
  28. McMullen, Cary (August 12, 2008). "Evangelist Bentley, Wife File for Separation". TheLedger.com. Lakeland, FL: Gatehouse Media. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  29. TFFM Board of Directors (August 15, 2008). "From the Board of Directors". Abbotsford, BC, CAN: The Fresh Fire Ministries (TFFM). Archived from the original on August 20, 2008.
  30. Roach, David (August 19, 2008). "Faith Healer Todd Bentley Separates From Wife, Draws Criticism From Charismatics". Baptist Press. Archived from the original on 2009-01-12. Retrieved December 13, 2015.
  31. Gaines, Adrienne S. (March 10, 2009). "Todd Bentley Remarries, Begins Restoration Process". Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  32. Joyner, Rick (2009). "Todd Bentley Begins Restoration Process" (Special Bulletins). MorningStar Ministries. Morningstarministries.org. Retrieved December 23, 2016.
  33. Grady, Lee (March 11, 2009). "The Tragic Scandal of Greasy Grace". Archived from the original on January 2, 2010.
  34. http://www.freshfireusa.com/writings/view/172-SPECIAL-BULLETIN-Todd-Bentley-Restoration
  35. "Knights Hospitaller of the Sovereign Order of St. John of Jerusalem Knights of Malta - The Ecumenical Order".
  36. "Knights of Malta Rick Joyner". 13 June 2017.
  37. "Church Planting and the Seven Mountains | MorningStar TV". www.morningstartv.com. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  38. "Lance Wallnau Biography | MorningStar Ministries". www.morningstarministries.org. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  39. Fearnow, Benjamin (17 March 2021). "Pastor Rick Joyner Urges American Christians to Prepare for Civil War". Newsweek. Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  40. "Coal--Climate Connection To Hit TV Screens Nationwide | PlanetSave". planetsave.com. April 2014. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  41. University, Santa Clara. "Anna Jane Joyner". www.scu.edu. Retrieved 2019-05-22.
  42. The back cover of "The Harvest, 20 Year Anniversary Edition"
  43. Kristof, Nicholas (March 27, 2021). "He's a Famous Evangelical Preacher, but His Kids Wish He'd Pipe Down: The Rev. Rick Joyner has called on Christians to arm themselves for civil war. But his children would be on the other side". New York Times. Retrieved March 27, 2021.

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