Vice Chancellor Johnnie Moore To Be Inducted into Society of World Changers

MALIBU, California – Johnnie Moore, vice chancellor of Pepperdine University’s Washington, D.C., campus, will be inducted into Indiana Wesleyan University’s Society of World Changers on March 27, 2026.

Created in 2003, The Society of World Changers honors Christian leaders whose work has made an impact across faith, public life, and global communities, and who will serve as “an inspiration to future generations.”

 At Pepperdine, Moore leads the University’s growing presence in Washington, D.C., strengthening partnerships and advancing programs at the intersection of faith and public policy. He also serves as managing director of the Master of Middle East Policy Studies programs at Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy. 

Moore is an advocate for religious freedom and has advised multiple U.S. presidential administrations. His work has helped advance human rights and peacebuilding across political, cultural, and religious divides.

"The older I get, the less I think about recognition and the more I'm consumed by the work itself — and right now, that work has never felt more urgent,” said Johnnie Moore.  

“I'm genuinely grateful to Indiana Wesleyan University for this profound honor, and I receive it as a challenge: to keep showing up, to keep asking whether someone's life is better, whether peace has a better chance, whether the next generation is better prepared to lead. That's exactly why I joined Pepperdine — to prepare a new generation to leave the world better off than they received it." 

In addition to his role at Pepperdine, he is president of the Congress of Christian Leaders. He is a 2025-26 visiting fellow at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Agora Institute at Johns Hopkins University and is a member of the Council on Civic Strength. He serves on the public committee of the University of Haifa’s Laboratory for Religious Studies and is a fellow at the Townsend Institute for Leadership and Counseling at Concordia University Irvine.

He is the author of 10 books, including “The New Book of Christian Martyrs,” co-written with Jerry Pattengale, Ph.D., an IWU professor, as well as “Defying ISIS” and “The Next Jihad.

About Pepperdine University
Pepperdine University is a private Christian university located 30 miles west of Downtown Los Angeles in Malibu, California. Rooted in the Christian tradition, Pepperdine is committed to both the relentless pursuit of truth through academic and scholarly excellence and to embodying Christian faith and values. With students at the heart of the educational enterprise, the University prepares approximately 9,000 scholars for lives of purpose, service, and leadership across its flagship liberal arts school, Seaver College; the Pepperdine College of Health Science; and four graduate schools—the Caruso School of Law; the Pepperdine Graziadio Business School; the Graduate School of Education and Psychology; and the School of Public Policy. Follow Pepperdine on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.

 

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