J. E. L. Moore

John Edgar Littleton Moore (born 5 September 1883 at Lewisport, Kentucky; died 26 January 1935 in Indianapolis, Indiana) was an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church and later the Church of the Nazarene,[1] who served as president of the Central Nazarene College (1911–1918), the Eastern Nazarene College (1918–1919), and Olivet University (1919–1922).[2][3][4][5] Converted in July 1904, he received his education at Kentucky State University and Asbury College (graduating from the latter in 1907), then did graduate work for a master's degree at Boston University while principal of the Pentecostal Collegiate Institute.[6] He was also an evangelist and served on the General Board of Foreign Missions for the Church of the Nazarene.[7][8]

Notes and references
  1. Charles Edwin Jones, The Wesleyan Holiness Movement: A Comprehensive Guide (Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2005):1386.
  2. The Handbook of Texas ONLINE: Central Nazarene College
  3. Cameron, James R. (1968). Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950. Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House.
  4. Carroll, H. K. (1916). Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches. Missionary Education Movement of the United States and Canada. p. 143.
  5. Watson, E. O. (1922). Yearbook of the Churches, 1921-1922. Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. p. 58.
  6. THE NAZARENE PULPIT: A Collection Of 24 Sermons From Well-Known Preachers (PDF). Kansas City: Nazarene Publishing House. 1925.
  7. "The Worldwide Mission of the Church". Archived from the original on 2010-04-15. Retrieved 2009-03-12.
  8. Manual of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene: 1915-1919
Academic offices
Preceded by
New position		 President of the
Eastern Nazarene College
1918–1919		 Succeeded by
Fred J. Shields



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