wfn.org | Moore called as Nebraska regional minister

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Date: June 16, 2000
Disciples News Service
Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)
Contact: Clifford L. Willis
E-mail: CWillis@oc.disciples.org
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	LINCOLN, Neb. (DNS) -- A Helena, Mont., pastor has been called as the 
next regional minister of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) in 
Nebraska.

	The Rev. Kenneth W. Moore's appointment was unanimously endorsed May 6 by 
the regional board. He also will serve as administrator of Cotner College, 
a continuing education program for Nebraska lay and clergy leaders. In 
Nebraska, the regional board is the body which extends the call to the 
regional minister's position. 

	Moore has been senior minister of First Christian Church in Helena since 
1986. His new ministry begins July 15. 

	He served as pastor of First Christian Church in Manteca, Calif., from 
1980 to 1985, and was on the staff of the Christian Church in Northern 
California from 1976 to 1980. While there, he worked in the areas of 
evangelism and interim ministry. 

	During his tenure in Helena, Moore was president of both the Montana 
Association of Churches and the city's ministerial association. He is a 
past president of Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies of Montana and the 
Helena Kiwanis; a former vice president of the Lewis and Clark AIDS 
Project; and was coordinator of the Helena Area CROP Walk. 

	Moore has been moderator of the Montana region and served as chair of its 
outreach and ministry commissions. He also was major gifts director of the 
"Embrace the Future" capital campaign.

	The regional minister-elect received master of arts and master of 
divinity degrees from Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, Calif., and a 
doctor of ministry degree from McCormick Theological Seminary, Chicago. He 
was originally affiliated with the American Baptist Churches of the USA.

	Moore, his wife, Susan, and their son, James, will live in Lincoln. His 
daughter, Kristine, lives in Berkeley, Calif.

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