# Arthur James Moore > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_James_Moore > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Arthur_James_Moore.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_James_Moore > Source revision: 1197366466 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) This article is about a Methodist Bishop named Moore. For other people named Moore who also served as Bishops, see [Bishop Moore (disambiguation)](/source/Bishop_Moore_(disambiguation)). **Arthur James Moore** (December 26, 1888 – June 30, 1974) was an American [bishop](/source/Bishop) of the [Methodist Episcopal Church, South](/source/Methodist_Episcopal_Church,_South) (MECS), [the Methodist Church](/source/The_Methodist_Church_(USA)), and the [United Methodist Church](/source/United_Methodist_Church), elected in 1930. ## Birth and family Arthur was born December 26, 1888, in [Waycross, Georgia](/source/Waycross,_Georgia), the son of John Spencer and Emma Victoria ([née](/source/N%C3%A9e) Cason) Moore. Arthur was of [Irish](/source/Ireland) ancestry. His great grandfather came to [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina) and his grandfather moved to [Georgia](/source/Georgia_(U.S._state)). Arthur's grandfather later died in the [Battle of Gaines' Mill](/source/Battle_of_Gaines'_Mill) in 1862. Arthur married Martha "Mattie" T. McDonald April 26, 1906. They had children William Harry, Wilbur Wardlaw, Alice Evelyn Means, Arthur James Jr., and Dorothy Emma. Mattie died in 1964. ## Education and conversion to Christ Arthur Sr studied at [Emory College](/source/Oxford_College_of_Emory_University) in [Oxford, Georgia](/source/Oxford,_Georgia), from 1909 until 1911. He did not complete an earned degree. Instead, he was converted to Christ in his twenty-first year and began to preach at once! He subsequently was awarded several [honorary degrees](/source/Honorary_degrees), including the degree of [D.D.](/source/D.D.) from [Asbury College](/source/Asbury_University), [Wilmore, Kentucky](/source/Wilmore,_Kentucky) (1922), [Central College](/source/Central_Methodist_University), [Fayette, Missouri](/source/Fayette,_Missouri) (1924), and [Emory University](/source/Emory_University) (1934); and the degree of [LL.D.](/source/LL.D.) from [Southwestern University](/source/Southwestern_University), [Georgetown, Texas](/source/Georgetown,_Texas) (1935), [Randolph-Macon College](/source/Randolph-Macon_College) (1939), [Florida Southern College](/source/Florida_Southern_College) (1942), and [Mercer University](/source/Mercer_University) (1968). ## Ordained ministry Arthur experienced a "drastic" [conversion](/source/Conversion_to_Christianity) to [Christ](/source/Christ) in his twenty-first year and began to [preach](/source/Preaching) at once. He joined the South Georgia [Annual Conference](/source/Annual_conferences_within_Methodism) in 1909. He served various churches as pastor during 1909-20. He also served as a [roving](/source/Itinerant_minister) [evangelist](/source/Evangelism), and was a most [eloquent](https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/eloquent) [speaker](/source/Orator). In 1920, the Rev. Moore was appointed to the Travis Park Methodist Church in [San Antonio, Texas](/source/San_Antonio,_Texas), serving there until 1926. He then was appointed pastor of [First Methodist Church](/source/First_Methodist_Church_(Birmingham,_Alabama)), [Birmingham, Alabama](/source/Birmingham,_Alabama). ## Honors The Rev. Moore was honored by [Asbury College](/source/Asbury_University) with the degree ***[Doctor of Divinity](/source/Doctor_of_Divinity)*** in 1922. [Central College](/source/Central_Methodist_University) did the same in 1924, as did Emory University ([D.D.](/source/D.D.), 1934). Asbury College also awarded the [LL.D.](/source/LL.D.) in 1930. [Southwestern University](/source/Southwestern_University) did the same in 1935, [Randolph-Macon College](/source/Randolph-Macon_College) in 1939, and [Florida Southern College](/source/Florida_Southern_College) in 1941. He also received an honorary degree from [Wesleyan College](/source/Wesleyan_College). The Rev. Moore was a member of [Phi Beta Kappa](/source/Phi_Beta_Kappa). He was a 32° [Mason](/source/Freemasonry) and a [Knights Templar](/source/Knights_Templar_(Freemasonry)). ## Episcopal ministry The Rev. Dr. Arthur James Moore was [elected](/source/Election) and [consecrated](/source/Consecrated) to the [episcopacy](/source/Episcopacy) of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South at the 1930 General Conference of that [denomination](/source/Christian_denomination). Bishop Moore was assigned responsibility for all [missionary](/source/Missionary) activities of the MECS in [China](/source/China), [Japan](/source/Japan), [Czechoslovakia](/source/Czechoslovakia), [Belgium](/source/Belgium), [Belgian Congo](/source/Belgian_Congo), [Poland](/source/Poland) and [Korea](/source/Korea), until 1940. In 1940 he was assigned the [Atlanta](/source/Atlanta) [episcopal area](/source/Episcopal_area_(United_Methodist_Church)) of the (newly reunited) Methodist Church. His [address](/source/Address_(geography)) was 63 Auburn Ave., N.E., Atlanta. Bishop Moore also served as [president](/source/President_(corporate_title)) of [Wesleyan College](/source/Wesleyan_College) in [Macon, Georgia](/source/Macon,_Georgia), in 1941, and as [chairman of the board](/source/Chair_(official)). He was a member of the Committee on Interdenominational Relations and Church Union of the MECS (1934–39), and President of the Board of Missions and Church Extension of The Methodist Church. He was also the organizer and first president of the Board of Evangelism of The Methodist Church. Bishop Moore died June 30, 1974. ## Selected writings - Address: *The Holy Spirit*, Atlanta, Sixth [Ecumenical](/source/Ecumenical) Conference, 1931. - *Bishop to All Peoples*, 1973. - *Central Certainties* (a collection of sermons), 1942. - *Christ After Chaos*, 1944. - *Christ and Our Country*, 1945. - *The Sound of Trumpets* (a collection of [sermons](/source/Sermons)), 1934. ## See also - [List of bishops of the United Methodist Church](/source/List_of_bishops_of_the_United_Methodist_Church) ## References - [Arthur J. Moore Papers](http://www.pitts.emory.edu/ARCHIVES/text/mss241.html) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20051118155045/http://www.pitts.emory.edu/ARCHIVES/text/mss241.html) November 18, 2005 at the Wayback Machine, MSS 241, Archives and Manuscripts Dept., Pitts Theology Library, Emory University. - Gramling, Roger M., A Ministry of Hope: Portrait of Arthur J. Moore. Nashville: Upper Room, 1979. - Howell, Clinton T., *Prominent Personalities in American Methodism*. Birmingham, Alabama: The Lowry Press, 1945. - Leete, Frederick DeLand, *Methodist Bishops*. Nashville: The Methodist Publishing House, 1948. ## External links - [Arthur J. Moore Papers, 1931-1974](http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/gjqxg) at Pitts Theology Library, [Candler School of Theology](/source/Candler_School_of_Theology) - [New Encyclopedia of Georgia: Arthur J. Moore](http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?path=/Religion/HistoricalFigures&id=h-1612) - [Arthur J. Moore Methodist Museum and Library](http://epworthbythesea.org/museum-library/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20160708002701/http://epworthbythesea.org/museum-library/) July 8, 2016 at the Wayback Machine, [Epworth-by-the-Sea](/source/Epworth_by_the_Sea). - [Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library](https://rose.library.emory.edu/), Emory University: [Arthur J. Moore papers, 1931-1974](http://pid.emory.edu/ark:/25593/gjqxg) --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Arthur James Moore](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_James_Moore) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_James_Moore?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.