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Rick Joyner heads MorningStar Ministries (also known as MorningStar Publications and Ministries), which he cofounded with his wife Julie Joyner in 1985. He is also the founder, executive director, and senior pastor of MorningStar Fellowship Church based in Fort Mill, South Carolina. He has five children: Anna, Aaryn, Amber, Ben, and Sam.

Morningstar school

He also oversees MorningStar's School of Ministry, Fellowship of Ministries, and Fellowship of Churches. He edits The MorningStar Journal and The MorningStar Prophetic Bulletin. The purpose of his ministry is the biblical mandate of Matthew 24:45–46 as well as a commitment to equip future leaders and work in relationship with current leaders to prepare and strengthen the church for the last days. This organization has several branches in North Carolina: Charlotte, Wilkesboro, Wilmington, and Winston-Salem.

Books

Joyner is also a well-known author of more than thirty books, including his best-selling The Final Quest series published by Whitaker House. He is a highly sought-after speaker at international conferences. A number of his books are about the prophetic ministry in the modern church, including several books (The Harvest, The Final Quest) based on heavenly revelations he claims to have received himself, always stressing that no prophetic revelation can contradict scripture. Morningstar publishes a Prophetic Journal edited by Joyner quarterly, and his ministry is also known for their conferences and worship music.

AIDS and homosexuality, miraculous healing, spiritual warfare, divine revelation

In an interview on the MorningStar Ministries website, Joyner described AIDS as an "obvious example" of God's penalty for homosexuality. His MorningStar Ministries is part of a Pentecostal movement that emphasizes miraculous healing, divine revelation, prophesy, and spiritual warfare. In Joyner's book, The Harvest, Joyner has written that he personally has had literal conversation with God.

Heritage USA

Recently, MorningStar purchased part of the Heritage USA complex (originally established by Jim Bakker and PTL in Fort Mill, South Carolina), including the Heritage Grand Hotel, which is being refurbished as a conference center and ministry base. The complex has been renamed Heritage International Ministries or H.I.M.


Joyner's organization often has been confused with Morning Star International, a denomination of churches led by founder Rice Broocks. Hence Broocks' organization recently changed its name to Every Nation.


Biography

Rick Joyner converted to Christianity in the early 1970s, and his ministry began following a period of spiritual renewal in his life, during which he wrote a number of books based on his assertion of a three-day prophetic revelation and vision of the state of the church and impending end-times events. A church he led during the late 1970s in the Raleigh, North Carolina, area broke up around 1980. Joyner resumed ministry later in the decade; some web sites say he resumed ministry around 1987.

Selected Books

  • Two Trees in the Garden Morning Star Publications, 2006, ISBN 978-1929371556
  • Delivered from Evil
  • The Apostolic Ministry
  • The Prophetic Ministry Morning Star Publications, 2006, ISBN 978-1929371884
  • Final Quest Series:
    • The Final Quest Morning Star Publications, 2006, ISBN 978-1929371907
    • The Call Morning Star Publications, 2006, ISBN 978-1929371891
    • The Torch and the Sword Morning Star Publications, 2006, ISBN 978-1929371914
  • Shadows of Things to Come
  • The Harvest Morning Star Publications, 2007, ISBN 978-1599331041

External links

  1. “Guided by spirit?” , Karen Shugart, Creative Loafing News, 9-30-08
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