William G. Moore
Bill has been pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church since October 1, 2002. His overriding concern is for evangelical churches in general and Baptist churches in particular to return to their biblical and historical roots, all the while recognizing that they minister in the twenty-first century. Believing that pragmatism and a less-than-biblical view of evangelism and conversion now dominate Baptist life, he seeks to lead Cornerstone to recover a biblical understanding of the doctrines of the faith and of the practice of the church.
Three of his articles reflecting this concern have been published:
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"J. Gresham Machen: The Power of Theological Reflection," Trinity Journal (Fall 2001: 157-77)[www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3803/is_200110/ai_n8971376/pg_1],
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"A Mid-Nineteenth Century Baptist View of the Ministry," Founders Journal (Winter 2001: 11-23) [http://www.founders.org/FJ43/article1.html],
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"The Kind of Man God Uses," Founders Journal (Summer 2004: 2-14) [http://www.founders.org/FJ57/article1.html].
A graduate of Georgia Southern University, Bill holds an M.Ed. from Hyles-Anderson College, an M.Div. and a D.Min. from Luther Rice Seminary, and an M.Div. and a Ph.D. in historical theology from the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. His dissertation, "From Biblical Fidelity to Organizational Efficiency: The Gospel Ministry from English Separatism of the Late Sixteenth Century to the Southern Baptist Convention of the Early Twentieth Century," examines the shift in Baptist understanding of the ministry from one emphasizing biblical faithfulness to another concerned with quantifiable success.
Read articles that deal with theology and the culture of our times in Bill's blog,