John MacFarlane Moore was born September 1, 1925, in Kirkintilloch, Dunbartonshire, Scotland. After high school he did a five-year apprenticeship and study in the field of electrical engineering, but at age 15 he had become a dedicated Christian and involved himself in soul-winning work. Study at the Evangelical Baptist Fellowship Bible College prepared him for the ministry. His career includes assistant pastor of the Seaman’s Chapel, Glasgow, Scotland; pastor of the Tent Hall (a D. L. Moody Memorial Evangelistic Center), Glasgow, where he conducted year-round evangelistic work; pastor of Inverness and New Prestwick Baptist churches; leader of the Carrubbers Close Mission, Edinburgh, Scotland; and finally, senior pastor of Willowdale Baptist Church, Toronto, Canada. In 1983 he was elected national president of the Fellowship of Evangelical Baptist Churches in Canada. Self-taught on piano and organ, he has written more than 100 songs and choruses for use in his ministry. Two books of his work have been published, Burdens Are Lifted at Calvary,1962; and New Sacred Songs for the ’80s, John M. Moore Music, Inc., 1981. He was awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity from Northwest Baptist Theological College, Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1972. In addition to his pastoral duties at Willowdale, he conducts Bible conferences and evangelistic crusades each year.