7th Pastor
William Moore
- Birth Date:
- Mother Bethel Pastor: 1844-1846
- Death Date:
BACKGROUND: Reverend William Moore was born in Cecil County, Maryland, and was converted at the residence of General Sewell, about a mile southeast of the town of Elkton. Feeling it his duty to preach, he united with the Philadelphia Conference. Lacking early educational advantages, he was kept back for years, but eventually came to the front, and for more than thirty years was counted among its leading men. In 1871, he was preparing to visit the New York Conference to see his many old friends there, when he died very suddenly, and was buried from Bethel Church, Philadelphia.
THEOLOGY: Moore was a passionate student and a very able preacher, filling nearly all the prominent stations in the Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York Conferences, including a pastorate at Mother Bethel from 1844 to 1846. He held a superannuated relation to the Conference for several years, living in Philadelphia.
Achievements
- Rose from limited early educational opportunity to become, for more than thirty years, one of the Philadelphia Conference’s leading ministers.
- Filled nearly all of the prominent pastoral stations across the Baltimore, Philadelphia, and New York Conferences.
- Served as pastor of Mother Bethel, 1844–1846.
SOURCES
Mother Bethel A.M.E. Church. “Our Pastoral History.” Accessed August 10, 2026. https://motherbethel.org/our-pastoral-history/.
Alexander W. Wayman’s Cyclopaedia of African Methodism (1882) and Richard R. Wright’s Centennial Encyclopaedia of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (1916)
