May 22, 2000
Winfred Moore
Buckner Fanning Wilbert Long Dwaine Greene
Baylor gives first Moore Awards
___WACO--Baylor University's church relations office presented its first Winfred Moore Awards for Lifetime Achievement in Ministry during commencement ceremonies May 13.
___Baylor President Robert Sloan presented the inaugural award to Moore, former pastorof First Baptist Church of Amarillo.
___Moore then honored this year's recipients, Dwaine Greene, pastor of Birdville Baptist Church in Fort Worth, and Wilbert Long, interim coordinator of church extension and consultant for Mission Service Corps for San Antonio Baptist Association.
___"Baptists have no greater role model for ministry and denominational leadership than Winfred Moore," Sloan said. "It is most appropriate as we inaugurate this new recognition program that its first honoree is the man for whom the award is named."
___Nominations for the award were received from directors of missions across the state. Nominees, who do not have to be Baylor graduates, must have been in vocational ministry at least 30 years and currently serve in a church or denominational ministry.
___The awards will be given to three individuals annually who have given themselves in faithful ministry, said Howard Williams, director of church relations at Baylor. "Recipients may be prominent Baptist ministers or they may be someone who has quietly and faithfully served in some small corner of God's kingdom."
___Greene has been pastor of Birdville Baptist Church since 1965 and previously served churches in Goldthwaite, Franklin and Flat. He has been a trustee of Hardin-Simmons University, a director of the Baylor Alumni Association and chairman of the Baptist General Convention of Texas church loan board.
___Long has worked with San Antonio Baptist Association since 1994. Previously, he was pastor for 30 years at San Antonio's Northeast Baptist Church and also served churches in Groesbeck, Dallas, Denton and Canyon.
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