E. Ray Moore, Jr., has served for over forty-nine years in pastoral ministry as a campus pastor, a congregational minister, an Army Chaplain, or Director of a Christian ministry. Additionally, he has served as a campaign consultant or staff for several major political campaigns, including former Vice-President Dan Quayle's first Senate race in 1980, former Congressman Mark Siljander's first Congressional race in 1981 and Pat Robertson’s Presidential Campaign in 1986 to 1988. He ran for S.C. Lieutenant Governor in the Republican primary in June 2014, and although he didn’t win, his platform on K12 Christian education was spread to thousands of people in S.C.

A South Carolina native, he is a graduate of The Citadel with a B.A. in political science and was graduated from Grace Theological Seminary cum laude with a M.Div. (Master of Divinity) in 1974 and with a Th.M. (Master of Theology) in 1979. He served nineteen years as an Army Reserve Chaplain, retiring as Lt. Colonel in 1999. He was awarded the Bronze Star for service in Gulf War I.

Ray has been married to the former Gail Laurens Pinckney of Charleston, South Carolina for 54 years. They have four children and nine grandchildren. He and Gail were selected as S.C. Parents of the Year for 2000. Ray and Gail have had a long-term involvement in private Christian education or home schooling.

Currently, Ray serves as President of Frontline Ministries, Inc., which focuses on prayer, revival and Christian education and is celebrating 30 years of ministry in 2024. He is the Founder and Director of the Exodus Mandate Project (see www.exodusmandate.org), launched in 1997. He is Chairman Emeritus of the Christian Education Initiative (www.Christedu.org), launched in Feb 2019, and served as Chairman for four and a half years. He is Chairman of www.PublicSchoolExit.com, launched in 2020. He is author of Let My Children Go and coauthored with his wife, Gail, The Promise of Jonadab: Building a Christian Family Legacy in a Time of Cultural Decline. He is the Executive Producer of the 2011 award-winning film, IndoctriNation (Gunn Productions). He is script writer and Executive Producer of the July 2015 released film, Escaping Common Core: Setting Our Children Free” (Cutting Edge Films). (803) 714-1744. exodusmandate@gmail.com