Rev. Johnnie Moore to Christian Media Summit: Christians Zionists, bravely tell the truth about Israel, expose every lie & educate the next generation

The following is the full text of the address made by Rev. Johnnie Moore at the Christian Media Summit on Monday night at the Museum of Tolerance in Jerusalem.

JERUSALEM, ISRAEL — My name is Johnnie Moore, and I’m a Christian Zionist.

What an honor to be here again—in this city, at this moment, with all of you.

Last Shabbat, Jews around the world read the weekly Torah portion called, “Lech Lecha.”

“Go forth.”

LET US ALL FOLLOW GOD’S CALL TO ABRAHAM WITH COURAGE AND CONVICTION

God tells Abraham: leave everything you know, everyone you trust, every comfort you possess. Go to a land I will show you.

And Abraham….just went. 

No GPS. No guarantee. No backup plan. 

Just faith—and the audacity to believe that God’s promises are stronger than the world’s threats.

As Rabbi Jonathan Sacks reminds us, Abraham was “influence without power”—he led no empire, had no army, performed no miracles, gave no prophecy. Yet he changed the world because he was prepared to be different.

THE ABRAHAMIC COVENANT ISN’T POETRY — IT’S A PROMISE AND A WARNING 

“Lech Lecha” isn’t just Abraham’s story. 

It’s not just Israel’s story.

It’s our story.

The story of every Christian who has decided that silence in the face of evil is never an option — whether we’re speaking of the persecuted Christians in Nigeria, the Muslims in China, or in the testimonies chronicled as the “Righteous Among the Nations” at Yad Vashem, or in the testimonies of those who’ve risen to the occasion since Oct. 7.

It is the story of every believer who understands that Genesis 12:3 isn’t poetry—it’s a promise and a warning.

“Going forth” means leaving the comfort of consensus to embrace the conviction of truth. 

It means standing with Israel when you feel alone. 

When the UN votes 150 to 2. 

When your comment section explodes. 

When friends betray you. 

When the mob chases you.

It means calling evil by its name when the world calls it “context.”

It means saying “never again”—and actually meaning it when it costs you something.

ANTISEMITISM IS SURGING ON THE LEFT

And these aren’t mere platitudes — antisemitism is surging.

From the Left, it wears the mask of “social justice.”

It calls terrorism “resistance.” 

It calls antisemitism “liberation.” 

It has infected our universities, poisoned our media, and wants to brainwash our children.

SUDDENLY, ANTISEMITISM IS SURGING ON THE RIGHT, AS WELL

But, it’s rising on the Right too. 

They wrap hatred in our flag. Conspiracy theorists blaming Jews for everything. So-called “Christians” who’ve forgotten our Savior was Jewish, our Bible is Jewish, and our faith is grafted into a Jewish root.

The oldest hatred is wearing new masks on every side. 

But we see it for what it is and it will lose.

How quickly they lose is our choice: will we do our part? 

Will we speak truth, or will we chase clicks letting a generation drown in lies?

PRESIDENT TRUMP AND EVANGELICALS — NOT ANTISEMITES — WILL DEFINE WHAT MAGA MEANS

And — by the way — Evangelicals will not be taking lectures from anyone on what MAGA is or isn’t and especially not from these antisemites-come-lately. 

In 2011, I cold-called the Trump tower and invited Donald Trump to speak to his first large, Evangelical audience.

When we Evangelicals had dinner with President Trump earlier this year, you know what he called us? 

“The Originals.”

We’re what the kids call the OGs. 

We were the first supporters of the President who helped extinguish Iran’s ring of fire, free the hostages, and will bring peace to this entire region.

The President himself defines the movement he founded — and just two days ago at the Republican Jewish Coalition he was clear as a bell when he said how proud he is to be the most pro-Israel President in American history.

When everyone said the embassy couldn’t be moved to Jerusalem, President Trump said “watch me.” 

When the foreign-policy establishment said peace was impossible, he delivered the Abraham Accords. 

And when Iran menaced the region, he acted with clarity and strength. 

Iran’s nuclear facilities have been obliterated. 

Iran’s failed terrorist regime has been humiliated.

EVANGELICALS, THIS IS AN ALL HANDS ON DECK MOMENT

If you want to teach your children about Winston Churchill in the 21st century, just give them the example of President of the United States and the Prime Minister of Israel over the last six months.

Moral clarity. Decisive action. Courage over consensus. Leadership.

Israel’s enemies are on their heels, our friends sleep better at night, and our enemies fear closing their eyes.

Evangelicals have an antidote to antisemitism — and ladies and gentlemen, this is our ALL HANDS ON DECK moment.

When the world tells us to quiet down about Israel—we must shout louder.

When Oct. 7 happened and the equivocators began their gymnastics, we spoke—immediately, unequivocally, unapologetically.

We must keep speaking.

WHAT HAVE CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DONE TOGETHER SINCE OCTOBER 7th

Let me tell you what it looks like when Christians do their part.

It looks like the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews. For 40 years, IFCJ has allowed us to literally bless Israel with our money, our action, our prayers and our lives.

Before Oct. 7, IFCJ provided an armored vehicle to the head of security for the Eshkol region near Gaza. On the morning of Oct. 7, Keith didn’t run to safety. He drove toward the gunfire. Two terrorist groups opened fire on him.

“I heard the bullets hitting,” he said. 

That Christian-funded armor saved his life and he saved many others.

When Hezbollah murdered twelve children on a soccer field in the Druze town of Majdal Shams, the first ambulance on scene was donated by Christians from IFCJ—driven by a Druze paramedic serving both Arab and Jewish communities. That’s what love looks like.

When Russia invaded Ukraine, IFCJ helped 6,336 Jews make aliyah, evacuated Holocaust survivors on medical rescue flights, rescued 1,600 children from orphanages, and airlifted 95 tons of aid.

In 2016, a terrorist tried to behead a Jew named Benjamin in Marseille for being Jewish. He raised the only thing he had—a Torah—and deflected the blade. With help from IFCJ donors, he now lives safely here, in Israel.

IFCJ is at work rebuilding communities attacked on Oct. 7. They’ve also provided healthcare in Nazareth and helped the Christians of Syria.

WHAT SHOULD CHRISTIANS AND JEWS DO TOGETHER NOW? THREE OBJECTIVES

None of this is enough — we must do much more and we must do it NOW!

First: Tell the truth about Israel every chance you can — unapologetically.

The miracle of her rebirth. The righteousness of her cause. The biblical mandate to stand with the Jewish people. Never hedge. Never equivocate.

Stand firm. When the mob comes, don’t blink. When it costs you something, pay the price, and then make those antisemites pay their own price.

Second: Expose every lie. 

The radicals calling for genocide. The UN’s moral bankruptcy. The UN is not just incompetent half the time. It has become the world’s engine for white collar antisemitism. It must be reformed and what can’t be reformed must be defunded and shut down. No longer will our taxes pay for this charade spreading hate under a profane banner of humanitarianism.

The NGOs funding terror while preaching peace. The right-wing conspiracy theorists poisoning the well. Name evil when you see it. Call it out. Loudly.

Third: Educate the next generation and model courage. 

This is why at Pepperdine University, where I serve, we launched a new Masters Degree in Middle East Studies in D.C. with no foreign funding and full scholarships for every admitted student this coming fall—and the majority of our first cohort already studying this semester are Jewish students.

WILL WE DO OUR PART IN THIS CRITICAL MOMENT OR STAY OUT OF THE LINE OF FIRE? 

Let me conclude: Abraham didn’t know where he was going—but he knew Who was sending him.

We know both.

We know where we’re going: toward an America that leads from strength, not apology. 

Where our flag means something, our word counts for something, and our values aren’t for sale. 

Where Israel is secure, a Jewish student can wear a kippa without fear, and Jerusalem remains undivided as Israel’s eternal capital.

And we know Who sends us—the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. The God who keeps His promises. The God who told us that how we treat His chosen people determines how we’ll be remembered.

Genesis 12:3 isn’t a suggestion. It’s theology: “I will bless those who bless you, and curse those who curse you.”

We’ve been given platforms, audiences, influence. 

Will we use them to bless, or will we be silent when others curse?

Will we do our part or stay out of the line of fire? 

Will we be among our generation’s “Righteous Among the Nations?”

I’m here with you, as peers, to tell this country — our best and most important ally — that there are hundreds-of-millions of Evangelicals worldwide who are with them.

And we’re not going anywhere!

Proud Christians standing with proud Jews. 

Telling the truth. 

Exposing lies. 

Educating our children. 

Refusing to retreat when darkness charges on the right or the left. 

Lighting candles from here to Washington—from every broadcast to every podcast to every pulpit—with the light that has guided this world since creation.

Faithful to God and to each other. 

May God bless those who stand with Israel—because He promised He would — ours is a partnership that no force on earth will break. 

And may God bless America.

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