Curtis A. Moore Sr.
1950-07-12 2018-09-17Obituary
On Monday, September 17, 2018, Bishop Curtis A. Moore, Sr., fell asleep in Jesus at his earthly home in Waldorf, Maryland, and went to his heavenly home, to eternal rest.
Bishop Moore was born in Washington D.C. on July 12, 1950, to the late Elder Charles and Lula Williams Moore, as their seventh child and the youngest of the three boys. He eventually became part of a big, happy family of eleven siblings. His early years were spent growing up in Washington until his family relocated to Chicago, Illinois in the early 1950s. There, he attended the public schools and graduated from John Marshall High School in 1968. During that time, he always had a vision of enterprise becasue as soon as he was old enough, he secured a job delivering newspapers, then he worked in his father's Body and Fender Shop and, later at a local pharmacy.
Upon graduating from High School, he moved back to Washington, D.C. where he was initially employed at Woodward & Lothrop Department Store, then the premier store of the Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Area. He completed his education in Cartography in Rockville, Maryland, which led to employment as a Cartographer at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration at the Census Bureau in Suitland, Maryland. His work there included a number of trips out west to various places, including Indian Reservations and the Grand Canyon, which left an indelible impression on him, relative to the greatness and majesty of God.
His Spiritual Heritage began with his Paternal Grandmother, the late Mother Minnie Green who, in 1938, was baptized and became a member of the Way of the Cross Church of Christ, founded by the late Bishop Henry C. Brooks, in Washington, D.C., where his family worshipped before relocating. In Chicage, his Father connected with the Refuge and Apostolic Little Rock Churches of Our Lord Jesus Christ (COOLJC), before founding and pastoring the Apostolic Whole Truth Church in 1977.
With such a rich spiritual foundation, he joined the Holy Temple Church of Christ, Washington D.C. in 1969, under the late Bishop Joseph Weathers, where he met and married the Love of His Life in 1971. At Holy Temple he served in several capacities over 20 years, including Chairman of the Deacon Board, Board of Trustees, Sunday School Teacher, Finance Committee, Church Anniversary Chairman, the Holy Temple McIver Group Singers, and Feature Writer for the Voice of the Temple newspaper.
In addition to the God-given vision of enterprise, he also had a God-given spiritual vision of souls being saved and also being taught the Word of God consistently, so that along with Eternal Life, the Kingdom of God mindset and a godly lifestyle would have the preeminence in the lives of all. In 1992, after conducting Neighborhood Bible Studies for a number of years, he was ordained as an Elder and Pastor of the Mission Assembly Church of Jesus Christ in Waldorf, Maryland, under the late Bishop James McKinney, and later elevated to the office of Bishop. The church was revitalized as Waldorf Christian Center and Waldorf Christian Academy and Daycare, which blessed many families in the area through ministry of the Word and various programs.
He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Helen D. Moore; four children, Curtis Moore, Jr., Kimberly Moore McKeithen, William Moore, and Charles A. Moore, Jr.; seven sisters, Margaret Upshire- Davenport, FL, Rev. Dr. Francina Kerr- Largo, MD, Deaconess Shirley Ellis- Chicago, IL, Juanita Cooper- Gainesville, FL, Alfreda Moyer- Chicago, IL, Vivian Stewart- Crete, IL, and Mary Moore- Temple Hills, MD; two brothers, Elder Charles Moore, Jr.- Plymouth, MN, Calvin Moore- Chicago, IL and a host of other relatives and friends. In addition to hs parents, he was preceded in death by his youngest sister, Faith Moore Womack.
"For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." II Corithians 5:1