J. E. L. Moore Explained

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. http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/kbc11 The Handbook of Texas ONLINE: Central Nazarene College
3. Book: Cameron , James R. . James R. Cameron . Eastern Nazarene College—The First Fifty Years, 1900-1950 . Nazarene Publishing House . 1968 . Kansas City .
4. Book: Carroll , H. K. . Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches . . 1916 . 143 .
5. Book: Watson , E. O. . Yearbook of the Churches, 1921-1922 . Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America . 1922 . 58 .
6. Book: THE NAZARENE PULPIT: A Collection Of 24 Sermons From Well-Known Preachers . Nazarene Publishing House . 1925 . Kansas City .
7. Web site: The Worldwide Mission of the Church . 2009-03-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100415052919/http://home.snu.edu/~hculbert/1-2.doc . 2010-04-15 . dead .
8. http://www.mnu.edu/academics/mabee/manuals/Pentecostal_Church_of_the_Nazarene_1915.pdf Manual of the Pentecostal Church of the Nazarene: 1915-1919