Background
Moore, Hight C. was born on January 28, 1871 in Globe, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Patterson and Nancy Ann (Moore) Moore.
Moore, Hight C. was born on January 28, 1871 in Globe, Caldwell County, North Carolina, United States. Son of Patterson and Nancy Ann (Moore) Moore.
Bachelor of Arts, Wake Forest (North Carolina) College, 1890, Doctor of Divinity, 1915. Student Rochester Theological Seminary, New York, 1893. Doctor of Letters, Baylor University, 1920.
1 son Joseph Peterson (deceased). ordained Baptist ministry, 1890. Pastor Morehead City, North Carolina, 1890-1893, Brown Memorial Church, Winston-Salem, 1893-1894, First Church, Monroe, 1894-1898, First Church, New Bern, 1898-1903, Chapel Hill Church, 1903-1904. South.S. secretary Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, 1904-1907, statistical secretary, 1905-1907, assistant recording secretary, 1896-1907.
Field secretary South.S. Board Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, Tennessee, 1907-1908.
Editor Biblical Recorder, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1908-1917. Managing editor Sunday School Board of Southern Baptist Convention, Nashville, 1917-1927, editorial secretary 1917-1943.
Secretary Southern Baptist Convention, 1914-1946. Also member Executive Committee, 1929-1946, secretary-treasurer, 1929-1933.
Director American Baptist Theological Seminary, 1924-1930.
Secretary-treasurer editorial section of International Council of Religious Education, 1924-1926. Member International Sunday School Lesson Committee (now Ednl. Commission International Council Religious Education) 1924-1943.
Member exec; member International
Married Laura Miller Peterson, May 2, 1893.