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Rick Joyner is Founder and Executive Director of MorningStar Ministries and Heritage International Ministries and is the Senior Pastor at MorningStar Fellowship Church. Rick is President of The Oak Initiative, an interdenominational movement that mobilizes Christians to engage in the great issues of our time. He has authored numerous books, including The Final Quest Trilogy, There Were Two Trees in the Garden, and A New America. He is also the Editor of The MorningStar Journal.
Personal Life
Joyner was born in Raleigh, NC in 1949. At 19 years old, he joined the United States Navy 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 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.”
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.”
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.
MorningStar School
Rick Joyner also oversees MorningStar University, MorningStar Fellowship of Ministries, and MorningStar Fellowship of Churches. He edits The MorningStar Journal and The MorningStar Prophetic Bulletin. His ministry is based on 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.
References
- "Biography". The MorningStar Journal. 23/10: 5. Nov. 2013.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - "About MorningStar Publications and Ministries". Retrieved 19 November 2013.