Dr. Trina Nichelle Moore

Dr. Trina Nichelle Moore is a sought-after leader, author, worship leader, and teacher of the gospel. She is a is a gospel/worship artist noted for her high energy worship and songwriting accolades that are inclusive of both traditional and contemporary gospel music. Dr. Trina has served in leadership at United Christian Fellowship Church International (UCFCI) for over 15 years. Dr. Trina is an ordained teaching elder and serves as the Minister of Christian Education. In this role, Dr. Trina wrote and published the ministry’s Christian living curriculum, Transformation. This curriculum explains the foundational principles of Christianity such as salvation, repentance, and the Spirit-filled life.      

Dr. Moore’s education accolades include a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Music Education from Livingstone College, Salisbury, NC, and a Master of School Administration Degree from the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC. In 2019, Dr. Moore earned her educational doctorate degree from the University of Southern California majoring in Organizational Change and Leadership.  

In 2017, Dr. Moore was appointed as the founding principal of Nehemiah Enrichment Academy (NEA), the K-8 private Christian school of UCFCI. Dr. Moore is also an educational advocate. She has advocated for educational equity for disabled and non-disabled students for the past nine years. She also currently serves as remote adjunct faculty for Westcliff University, Irvine, California, and the University of Zambia and Copperbelt University, Zambia, Africa.

As the former choral director at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School (MLK) in Charlotte, NC, she composed the song entitled “Purpose.” This inspirational song became MLK’s official school song in the spring of 2011. The single has received radio airplay in the US and 37 international countries. It garnered further support on local TV-WCNC Channel 36 with a feature on the evening news and performance on the morning talk show, Charlotte Today. The song is available on all digital music outlets.  

The Biblical principle found in Matthew 22:37 (NKJV) serves as the purpose and motivating foundation for Dr. Moore in life and ministry: “You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.” This Biblical command birthed Dr. Moore’s purpose for ministry. That purpose is to give God all the glory and unite and reunite souls with Christ.