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Ministries to the Military
Robert and Patty Moore
Robert & Patty Moore serves as the leaders of the Ministry to the Military after serving two years as the administrative bishop for the Churches of God in Louisiana. They have a long history with this ministry serving variously as pastor/director, European representative and international director. Patty and Rob are both graduates of Lee University having been awarded baccalaureate degrees in 1974. Robert completed a Masters in Organizational Leadership at Azusa Pacific University and is currently working on a doctoral program in Strategic Leadership at Regent University. Robert and Patty have three sons, Jeremy, Jonathan and Robbie as well as a daughter-in-law, Erika and two grandsons, Alex and Ben. The Moores have been married for 39 years.
Ministy to the Military in the U.S.A. |
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In recent years, the Church of God has begun an effort to bring this same support experienced overseas to military members assigned to the U.S.A. Presently, 201 local Churches of God located near military installations in the U.S.A. have been identified as "Military Contact Churches." Each of these churches are opening their arms to military personnel and seeking to minister to them through programs and fellowship designed to meet their needs. Ultimately, we desire to have operating a worldwide network of military ministries that will track the U.S. Forces members from the first day of basic training through technical school, to every overseas and stateside assignment, into the war zones, and finally to his/her retirement or separation from military duty. Even after the service member leaves the military, we want to see that they are successfully integrated into the ministry of the local church. We also want to keep them involved in the support of military ministries through the Fellowship of Cornelius. To fulfill the Ministry to the Military motto "There Because We Care" involves more than a fair amount of travel and sacrifice for our military "missionaries." Most of our center directors are ex-military with long experience in the overseas environment and knowledge of the pressure faced by service families. All of the men are veteran pastors.
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