- Beth Moore
Beth Moore founded Living Proof Ministries, a biblically-based organization for women, in 1994. It is based in
Houston, Texas , and it primarily focuses on aiding women who desire to model their lives on evangelical Christian principles. (4) Women from around the world sit under Moore’s teaching at Living Proof Live conferences, sponsored byLifeWay Christian Resources . (3) Moore also teaches through her radio show, "Living Proof with Beth Moore", and appears as a regular on the television program "LIFE Today", where she hosts "Wednesdays with Beth". (4) In 2007 Moore, along withKay Arthur andPriscilla Shirer , founded Deeper Still: The Event, a LifeWay weekend conference featuring the three women. (3)Moore writes books based on the regular Bible studies that she conducts at the Living Proof Live conferences and at her local church,
First Baptist Church, Houston, Texas . Moore’s books include "Breaking Free", "Believing God", and "When Godly People Do Ungodly Things". Through her books, the Internet, DVD, video, and audiotape, women from every denomination around the world have participated in her Bible studies, while many others have listened to her on the radio or heard her speak in person. (2)Through the years American missionaries and
expatriate s have taken the Bible studies overseas, resulting in Beth Moore Bible study groups popping up all over the world. Moore's Living Proof Live conferences have taken her to thirty-nine states since 1994 and have been attended by more than 421,000 women. She has also taught conferences for women in numerous countries, includingIreland ,England ,Singapore , thePhilippines ,Puerto Rico , andIndia . (4)Biographical
Born on an army base inGreen Bay, Wisconsin , and raised inArkadelphia, Arkansas , where her father owned a cinema house, Beth is the fourth of five children, all of whom worked at the cinema from a young age. Moore holds a degree inpolitical science from Southwest Texas State University and an honorary doctorate inhumanities fromHoward Payne University . She married Keith Moore in 1978. (4) They have two grown daughters, Amanda and Melissa. (5) Both daughters, along with son-in-law Curtis Jones, work with their mother at Living Proof Ministries. (6)Moore committed her life to vocational Christian ministry at the age of 18. But years later, when she was volunteering as a
Sunday School teacher, Moore realized she needed to learn more about theBible . She went to a biblicaldoctrine class that gave her a deep yearning to know the Bible, and she began sharing her expanding knowledge through a weekly Bible study class. By the mid-1990s that class had grown to 2,000 women and she was speaking at churches throughoutSouth Texas . It was then thatLifeWay Christian Resources began publishing her Bible studies, leading to a national speaking ministry for Moore. With the help of aworship band she assembled, she began holding weekend conferences around the country. As a base for her national speaking ministry, she founded Living Proof Ministries. (1)Sources
(1) [http://www.christianitytoday.com/tc/2003/001/1.18.html Christianity Today: “Breaking Free: How Beth Moore became America's most exciting Bible teacher”]
(2) [http://www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2005/sepoct/1.30.html Christianity Today: “Beth's Passion”]
(3) [http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0%2C1703%2CA%25253D160695%252526M%25253D200853%2C00.html? LifeWay Christian Resources]
(4) [http://www.lproof.org/about_beth_moore.asp Official bio from Living Proof Ministries]
(5) [http://www.christianitytoday.com/tcw/2003/julaug/18.66.html Christianity Today: “Beth Moore: Bible teacher and author”]
(6) [http://www.lproof.org/default.asp Living Proof Ministries]
Partial bibliography
Her most recent works include:
*"Who Will You Trust? - audio/video series (2007)" http://wednesdayswithbethmoore.com
*"Get Out Of That Pit - book (2007)", ISBN 978-1591455523
*"Songs of Deliverance - CD (2006) "http://indelibleonlinestore.com/bethmooresongsofdeliverance.aspx"
*"Fully Alive: Audio/video series with Beth Moore, James and Betty Robison (2006)" http://wednesdayswithbeth.comList of her Bible Studies:
*"When Godly People Do Ungodly Things: Arming Yourself in the Age of Seduction" (2002), ISBN 0-8054-2465-2
*"Jesus: The One and Only" (2002), ISBN 0-8054-2489-X
*"The Beloved Disciple: Following John to the Heart of Jesus" (2003), ISBN 0-8054-2753-8
*"Believing God" (2004), ISBN 0-8054-3189-6
*"The Patriarchs: Encountering the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob" (2005), ISBN 0-633-09906-6
*"Daniel: Lives of Integrity, words of prophecy" (2006), ISBN 978-1415825884
*"Living Beyond Yourself: Exploring the Fruit of the Spirit"
*"Stepping Up"
*"To Live is Christ: The Life & Ministry of Paul"
*"Stepping Up: Psalms of Ascent"
*"A Woman's Heart: God's Dwelling Place"
*"Loving Well"
*"Breaking Free"External links
* [http://www.lifeway.com/lwc/article_main_page/0%2C1703%2CA%25253D160695%252526M%25253D200853%2C00.html? Beth Moore on LifeWay Christian Resources]
* [http://wednesdayswithbeth.com/ Beth Moore audio and video teachings - free, non-subscriber site]
* [http://www.lproof.org/ Living Proof Ministries website]
* [http://indelibleonlinestore.com/traviscottrellfound.aspx/ Travis Cottrell, worship leader for Beth Moore, music]
* [http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/a_quick_word_with_beth_moore/ A Quick Word with Beth Moore streaming audio] and
* [http://www.oneplace.com/ministries/living_proof_with_beth_moore/ Living Proof streaming audio]
* [http://lightsource.com/ministry/wednesdays_with_beth/ Wednesdays with Beth Moore streaming video]
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