Joy J. Moore

Joy Jittaun Moore is a professor of homiletics at Northern Seminary and has served as its president since December 2024.[1] She was previously a professor of biblical preaching at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota.[2]

Biography

A native of Chicago, Moore grew up in South Side, Chicago. Her passion for teaching led her to earn a B.A. in education and mathematics at the National College of Education at National Louis University in 1982.[2] She attended Commonwealth Community Church in Chicago and experienced a call to ministry there. She received an M.Div. at Garrett–Evangelical Theological Seminary in 1989. Having received a John Wesley Fellowship (2001–2005), she completed a Ph.D. in Practical Theology at Brunel University/London School of Theology in 2007.[2]

Moore was the director of student life at Asbury Theological Seminary from 1999 to 2001. She was chaplain and director of church relations at Adrian College and has taught at Duke Divinity School.[2] She was assistant professor of preaching between 2012 and 2017 at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, and she established its William E. Pannell Center for African American Church Studies in 2015.[3] She was associate professor of practical theology at Wesley Seminary at Indiana Wesleyan University between 2017 and 2018.[2] Prior to joining Luther Seminary, she also pastored a historic African American United Methodist congregation in Flint, Michigan.[4] She joined Luther Seminary as professor of biblical preaching in 2019.[4]

She is an ordained elder of the United Methodist Church and served as president of the Wesleyan Theological Society from 2021 to 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Northern Seminary Names Dr. Joy J. Moore as 13th President". Northern Seminary. November 19, 2024. Retrieved August 7, 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Joy J. Moore". www.luthersem.edu. Retrieved 2024-10-15.
  3. ^ "Joy J. Moore". Fuller Studio. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  4. ^ a b "The Rev. Dr. Joy J. Moore Elected Vice President for Academic Affairs and Academic Dean". www.luthersem.edu. 22 June 2020. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
  5. ^ "Joy Moore". Church Anew. Retrieved 2022-01-16.
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