Pastor Samuel Moore

A native West Virginian, Pastor Moore is the third child of Clarence and the late Dora (Wilson) Moore. Pastor Moore is married to Renna Leftwich and they are the proud parents of three children (Leland, Jakki, and Harrison), three grandchildren, and one foster son. In 2001, he was one of only two teachers in the state of West Virginia selected to receive the prestigious National Classroom Teacher Award from the Milken Family Foundation.  After 33 years in education, Pastor Moore retired as an Administrator with the Cabell County Public School System.

He is also actively involved in the community, serving on numerous boards, commissions, and committees. He is an ordained minister with the Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. He currently pastors at Full Gospel Assembly in Huntington, where he has served since 1983. At the 2010 Pentecostal Assemblies of the World, Inc. international convention in Minneapolis, MN, Suffragan Bishop Moore was elected to the organization’s 64-member Executive Board of Bishops. He was subsequently assigned as Diocesan of Episcopal District 23 — the West Virginia and East Tennessee Council of the P. A. of W., Inc. He holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Education from Bluefield (WV) State College and a Master of Arts degree in Educational Administration from Marshall University.