About Us

                The Lunar Visitor was first published in 1852 in San Francisco, California by a formerly enslaved preacher, John Jamison (J.J.) Moore of the AME Zion Denomination- church home of Harriet Tubman, the Paul Robeson Family, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and other abolitionists. J.J. Moore found the first AME Zion Churches west of the Mississippi river. 

Rev. Moore was the founder and editor of the newspaper. It promoted civil rights and advocated developing institutions for educational, social and political skills useful in working toward a full participation in American Society. When Bishop Moor published the Lunar Visitor in San Francisco in the 1850s, he gave it the mission statement: “To be devoted to the moral, intellectual, and social improvement of the negro race”. 

In the year 2022, the Lunar Visitor is a periodical and a "news outlet of public record" authorized by an ecclesiastical government to publish public and legal notices. It can be found at www.thelunarvisitor.com/public-record. 

In the future, the Lunar Visitor Publishing Company has the vision and thirty year goal to become a multi-billion dollar communications, media, and broadcasting company by producing content of value that is in accord our mission statement. 

The 2019 Special Edition and relaunching of the periodical, bears witness to the eight generation dynasty of Moore's, that continued in the clerical tradition after their forefather. When Bishop Moor published the Lunar Visitor in San Francisco in the 1850s, he gave it the mission statement: “To be devoted to the Moral, Intellectual, and Social Improvement of the Colored Race”, Today we just say "the race".

It is through this mission that continue the work of the Lunar Visitor. Your support of this Digital Publication will help us in the work of rebuilding our family business and rededicating ourselves to the Moral, Intellectual, and Social Improvement of the race!

The Lunar Visitor Publishing Company is majority owned by The Zion Church of the Evangelical Association, which is an interfaith family Temple founded on November 12th, 1875 in Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, and was ordained by Bishop John Jamison Moore. The family temple led by clergy and descendants of Bishop Moore. It is headquartered at 2426 Jerome Avenue, Dayton, Ohio, and it is tasked with the duty of ministering to Orphans and Widows. 

The Temple government is led by a Premier (a Prime Minister) and 12 Department heads. The Zion Church of the Evangelical Association is also known as the Kingdom of Shabazz and the Zionst Temple of 1875 for Orphans and Widows. 

It is our to desire to work with students, especially HBCU students, and others that are interested in journalism, publishing, writing, advertising, marketing, business administration, and the like to develop this periodical into an internationally recognized publication. 

Some sections we hope to publish in the future:

• General News – This is usually the most important news in both local and abroad. These are usually found on the front page of the paper. The title of the news is printed in big, bold letters called “banner headline”
• Local and Foreign News Section – Contains news from towns and cities of the nation and abroad.
• Editorial Page – This section contains articles called editorials. Editorials give views or opinions of the editor or publisher on certain issues or events.
• Classified Ads Section – Contains advertisements that fall under the categories like “Help”, “Wanted”, “For Lease / For Sale”, and “Wanted To Buy”.
• Business and Finance Section – Contains businessmen and people interested in business including information on stocks, bonds, exchange markets, banking. foreign exchange rates, imports and exports, and prices of prime commodities.
• Culture and History Section – Provides info about the history, heritage, and culture of African, Asiatic, and Moorish peoples.
• Society Page – Contains news about important people who are celebrating special events in a particular place
• Travel and Tourism Section – Contains a guide to travel and directs tourists to a scenic vacation spots and gives information on the activities in these places.
• Announcements and Obituary Page – Provides info on the activities of different religious sections and also lists people who recently died and the time and place of their burials.

The Lunar Visitor is eager to work with college aged (and up) students, and freelance writers that are looking to build their portfolio of published articles. If you are looking for an opportunity to showcase your writing and journalistic skills with an established news outlet email MoorZionTP@gmail.com for more information, and put "Lunar Visitor Staff Writer" in the subject line!

Articles wanted in exchange for published articles:

500 word Article with brief video (1- 3 minutes) wanted on subjects:

1. Black Towns post Slavery (Mound Bayou, Nikodemus)

2. Africans/ African Americans in technology

3. What is the state of the Moorish Divine and National Movement?

4.  Joe Biden student loan relief 

5. Chicago dream exchange Chicago - Blacks in finance 

6. Ghana tech prodigy 

7. Tyler Perry studios 

8. Black business and the pandemic

9. Africans/ African Americans in Finance 

10. November 2022 Elections

11. Donald Trump and "Black America"

12. Sorority and Fraternity 'Movers and Shakers" - Society Page

13. African/ African American history and culture

14. Positive Celebrity stories

15. Carmelo Anthony Named Inaugural Winner of the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Social Justice Champion Award 

16 AME Zion Church articles 

Articles should include:

Up to 500 words

a brief video (1- 3 minutes)  describing the article in an original way.

The Author first and last name, social media handles, and up to five sentences for the author bio. 

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