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==Background==

==Background==

Moore was born to W. E. Moore and the former Sadie Hammonds (1900-1997) of Milan in Gibson County in western [[Tennessee]]. Moore's five sisters included Mary Evelyn Eddings (deceased), June Moore, Wanda Cooper, Betty Gass, and Phyllis Riley, the latter of [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>Sadie Hammonds Moore obituary, ''The Amarillo Globe-News,''October 1997.</ref>​

Moore was born to W. E. Moore and the former Sadie Hammonds (1900-1997) of Milan in Gibson County in western [[Tennessee]]. Hisfive sisters included Mary Evelyn Eddings, June Moore, Wanda Cooper, Betty Gass, and Phyllis Riley, the latter of [[Louisville]], [[Kentucky]].<ref>Sadie Hammonds Moore obituary, ''The Amarillo Globe-News,'' October 26, 1997.</ref>​

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Moore was educated at Lambuth College and Union University, both in Jackson in western Tennessee.  He then enrolled at George Peabody College in the capital city of Nashville. He holds an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview in Hale County, north of [[Lubbock]], Texas, and an honorary doctor of laws from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=agn/>​

Moore was educated at Lambuth College and Union University, both in Jackson in western Tennessee.  He then enrolled at George Peabody College in the capital city of Nashville. He holds an honorary doctor of divinity degree from Wayland Baptist University in Plainview in Hale County, north of [[Lubbock]], Texas, and an honorary doctor of laws from [[Baylor University]] in [[Waco, Texas|Waco]].<ref name=agn/>​

After service at FBC in Amarillo from 1959 to 1989, Moore became the W. Winfred and Elizabeth Moore Visiting Distinguished Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for Ministry Effectiveness at Baylor University. During his time in Waco, he was also the interim pastor of churches in Waco, Lampassas, Sugar Land, [[Austin]], and [[San Antonio]].<ref name=agn>{{cite web|url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/051900/his_moorew.html|author=Don Munsch|title=W. Winfred Moore|date=May 19, 2000|publisher=''Amarillo Globe-News''|accessdate=April 14, 2010}}</ref>​

After service at FBC in Amarillo from 1959 to 1989, Moore became the W. Winfred and Elizabeth Moore Visiting Distinguished Professor of Religion and Director of the Center for Ministry Effectiveness at Baylor University. During his time in Waco, he was also the interim pastor of churches in Waco, Lampassas, Sugar Land, [[Austin]], and [[San Antonio]].<ref name=agn>{{cite web|url=http://www.amarillo.com/stories/051900/his_moorew.html|author=Don Munsch|title=W. Winfred Moore|date=May 19, 2000|publisher=''Amarillo Globe-News''|accessdate=April 14, 2010}}</ref>​

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==Baptist affairs==​

==Baptist affairs==

 

From 1984 to 1986,  Moore was elected president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, one of the more moderate of the state conventions, He was also the first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1985 to 1986. In 1985, Moore, as the moderate candidate, lost the SBC presidential contest in a challenge to the fundamental-conservative incumbent, [[Charles Stanley]], pastor of the First Baptist Church of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]. Moore received 19,795 votes (44.7 percent) to Stanley's 24,453 (55.3 percent). SBC presidents normally served only two consecutive one-year terms.<ref name=sbc>{{cite web|url=http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/6188,12-May-1986.PDF|author=Dan Martin|title=Moore Is Willing To Be Nominated|date=May 12, 1986|publisher=media.shbla.org|accessdate=April 15, 2010}}</ref>​

From 1984 to 1986,  Moore was elected president of the Baptist General Convention of Texas, one of the more moderate of the state conventions, He was also the first vice president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1985 to 1986. In 1985, Moore, as the moderate candidate, lost the SBC presidential contest in a challenge to the fundamental-conservative incumbent, [[Charles Stanley]], pastor of the First Baptist Church of [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia]]. Moore received 19,795 votes (44.7 percent) to Stanley's 24,453 (55.3 percent). SBC presidents normally served only two consecutive one-year terms.<ref name=sbc>{{cite web|url=http://media.sbhla.org.s3.amazonaws.com/6188,12-May-1986.PDF|author=Dan Martin|title=Moore Is Willing To Be Nominated|date=May 12, 1986|publisher=media.shbla.org|accessdate=April 15, 2010}}</ref>​

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