John Monroe Moore

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For other persons named John M. Moore, see John M. Moore (disambiguation).

This article is about a Methodist Bishop named Moore. For other people named Moore who also served as Bishops, see Bishop Moore (disambiguation)

John Monroe Moore (born 27 January 1867) was a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, elected in 1918.

1 Birth and Family
2 Education
3 Ordained Ministry
4 Episcopal Ministry
5 References
6 See also

[edit] Birth and Family

He was born at Morgantown, Kentucky. He was the son of Joseph Alexander and Martha Ann (Hampton) Moore. John married Miss Bessie Harris of San Antonio, Texas 25 March 1901.

[edit] Education

Moore was educated at the Morgantown High School, and earned the A.B. degree from Lebanon College in Ohio in 1887. He continued his studies at the Universities of Leipzig and Heidelberg in Germany. He earned the Ph.D. degree at Yale University in 1895.

[edit] Ordained Ministry

Rev. Moore was Licensed to Preach in 1887. He was Admitted on Trial by the St. Louis Annual Conference in 1895. In 1895 he was appointed the Pastor of the Marvin Memorial Methodist Church in St. Louis, serving until 1898. He was then tranferred to the West Texas Annual Conference where he served for four years as the Pastor of the Travis Park Church in San Antonio. In 1902 he was transferred to the North Texas Conference where he was appointed to the First Methodist Church of Dallas, serving four years.

In 1906 Rev. Moore became the Managing Editor of The Christian Advocate (1906-09), an important Methodist periodical of that day. Rev. Moore returned to St. Louis in 1909 as Pastor of St. John's M.E.S. Church. However, in 1910 he was elected Secretary of the Department of Home Missions of his denomination. He served with distinction in this capacity until his election to the Episcopacy in 1918, continuing also as a member in full connection of the North Texas Conference.

[edit] Episcopal Ministry

The Rev. Dr. John Monroe Moore was elected a Bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, at the General Conference of 1918. He was assigned the work of the M.E. Church, South in Brazil (1918-22). Bishop Moore was then assigned to East Texas and Oklahoma (1922-26), then West Texas and New Mexico (1926-30). He was then sent to the southeast to serve as Resident Bishop of Georgia and Florida (1930-34), then Missouri and Arkansas (1934-38). He retired from the active episcopacy in 1938.

The honorary degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon him by Central College of Missouri.