John L. Moore

writer, rancher and apostolic and prophetic minister

John Moore is a third-generation cattle rancher in Montana and a multi-award-winning journalist and novelist. His journalism has appeared in scores of publications including The New York Times Magazine, Readers Digest, The Western Horseman, Charisma, Ministries Today, Sporting Tales, Bugle: The Magazine of the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and Books and Culture.


Reviews of Moore's books have appeared in many publications including Christianity Today, Montana Magazine, Milwaukee Journal, Denver Post, New Man, American Cowboy, and Cowboys and Country.


His photography, poems, and short stories have appeared in North Country Review, Montana Sketchbook, Montana Crossroads, and IMAGE , A Journal of Religion and the Arts.

Moore's first novel, The Breaking of Ezra Riley, won the Critics Choice Award for Fiction from Christianity Today and was first runner-up for a Golden Spur Award, placing first on two of three ballots. His other novels are Bitter Roots, Leaving the Land, The Limits of Mercy, and The Land of Empty Houses. His nonfiction books include Letters to Jess, Loosening the Reins, Take the Reins., The Dry Times, and The Collector's Edition of the Miles City Bucking Horse Sale.   

The three "Ezra Riley" novels --  The Breaking of Ezra Riley, Leaving the Land, and The Limits of Mercy -- have recently been compiled in one volume and released by Broadman and Holman Publishers.

John may be available to speak to your group on a wide variety of subjects including Christian marriage and family life, creative writing, spiritual warfare, and empowering the prophetic in the marketplace and in culture. He especially enjoys equipping and training young people for the end-time Army of God, training prophetic intercessors, and advising home-church leaders. Contact him at sundaycreek@midrivers.com.


John and his wife, Debra, minister throughout the country as well as hosting ministry on the family ranch. They are parents of two grown children, Jess and Andrea, both of whom are active in Christian ministry.
 

Jesse, wife Kami, and daughter Selah Ann

Andrea, husband Rob, and son Creed

John and Creed horseback