John Edgar Littleton Moore (born 5 September 1883 at Lewisport, Kentucky

Lewisport, Kentucky

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; died 26 January 1935 in Indianapolis, Indiana

Indianapolis, Indiana

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) was an ordained minister in the Methodist Episcopal Church

Methodist Episcopal Church

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 and later the Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene

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, who served as president of the Central Nazarene College

Central Nazarene College

The Central Nazarene College was a junior college located in Hamlin, Texas. It closed in 1929.-History:The school opened as a grammar school, academy, and junior college in 1909 under the leadership of Reverend W. E. Fisher, superintendent of the Abilene and Hamlin districts of the Church of the...

 (1911–1918), the Eastern Nazarene College

Eastern Nazarene College

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 (1918–1919), and Olivet University

Olivet University

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 (1919–1922). Converted in July 1904, he received his education at Kentucky State University

Kentucky State University

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 and Asbury College

Asbury College

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 (graduating from the latter in 1907), then did graduate work for a master's degree

Master's degree

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 at Boston University

Boston University

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 while principal of the Pentecostal Collegiate Institute

Pentecostal Collegiate Institute (Rhode Island)

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. He was also an evangelist and served on the General Board of Foreign Missions for the Church of the Nazarene

Church of the Nazarene

The Church of the Nazarene is an evangelical Christian denomination that emerged from the 19th century Holiness movement in North America with its members colloquially referred to as Nazarenes. It is the largest Wesleyan-holiness denomination in the world. At the end of 2010, the Church of the...

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