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Robert A. Morey (born 1946) is a Christian apologist and pastor who has written a number of books and pamphlets. He criticizes Islam, Wicca, and non-Evangelical Christian beliefs. He is the founder of the unaccredited California Biblical University and Seminary.〔(Faculty page ) at California Biblical University and Seminary.〕 ==Biography== Morey runs Faith Defenders, an organization dedicated to Christian apologetics, and started and became pastor of the related Faith Community Church in Orange, California, which recently closed upon his departure to Pennsylvania where he began his ministry. He received a Master of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry from the fully accredited Westminster Theological Seminary. He also claims to have a Doctor of Philosophy in Islamic Studies from the unaccredited Louisiana Baptist University〔〔(About us ) from Faith Defenders〕 (although elsewhere he has said it is actually a doctorate in theology with an emphasis on Islam)〔 and a Doctor of Divinity, usually an honorary degree bestowed upon someone who has made distinguished contributions to the field of religion, from Faith Theological Seminary.〔http://www.faiththeological.org/contact/〕〔http://faithdefenders.com/about/〕 His honorary degree is from Faith Theological Seminary in Gujranwala, Pakistan,〔 and the Pakistan seminary created controversy over whether this degree was bestowed (and later rescinded) by them.〔 Morey assisted in translation for the International Standard Version of the Bible,specifically, he worked on the "base translation" of Psalms chapters 1 through 65 and Psalms chapter 91.〔()〕 In 2002, the conservative website WorldNetDaily published a fund-raising plea on behalf of Morey’s Research and Education Foundation. He was asking for $1.2 million to "launch a national crusade" against radical Islam.〔 Tax records obtained by the Weekly show the fund-raiser failed to hit its target, raising just $92,707 for his Research and Education Foundation in 2002.〔 In 2005, Morey filed for and received nonprofit status for his Faith Defenders Ministry by turning it into an Irvine church.〔 There, Morey offered membership in the Crusader’s Club, which lists four membership levels along with corresponding dues and benefits, ranging from Crusader ($300 per year earns you a CD of the month) to King Richard’s Court ($5,000 per year gets you the CD, a mug, a subscription to Morey’s Journal of Biblical Apologetics, Morey’s private e-mail address, a piece of battle armor and an invitation to the annual Crusader’s Club banquet).〔 In 2009, Morey announced he would leave California and returned to South Central Pennsylvania, living outside of Harrisburg in Perry County, Pennsylvania. Morey's wife, Anne, died June 3, 2012, in Florida, where the couple were celebrating their 40th wedding anniversary. According to police, "Anne Morey was planning to dive with her husband, 65-year-old Robert Morey ... But he discovered he did not have enough weight. His wife told him she would go ahead and dive to the bottom and wait for him there" and when he came back she was dead.〔http://floridakeyssheriff.blogspot.com/2012/06/tennessee-woman-dies-diving.html〕 In 2013, it was reported that he purchased a $500,000 Turnberry Towers condo near the downtown Las Vegas, Nevada strip, but still requested donations be sent to "a P.O. Box in Pennsylvania". 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Morey (pastor)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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