The Reverend Doctor Virgil A. (Buck) Moyer, Jr. (October 28, 1920 – June 1, 2015) was a

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pastor who served as President and

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of the

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from 1976–1987. Virgil A. Moyer, Jr. was born on October 28, 1920 to Virgil Albert Sr. and Ruth McCune Moyer. Moyer was ordained in 1945, with a Bachelor of Divinity from Southern Seminary, and earned a Doctor of Divinity from Roanoke College in 1977. He married Jaqueline Mildred Jones in 1945, and served a variety of congregations in Virginia. Moyer was instrumental in planning for the synod's merger into the

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on January 1, 1988. He supported creation of the Metropolitan Washington Synod and the alignment of the synod into Region 9 of the ELCA. In 1971 he led the development of Caroline Furnace Camp while serving as Assistant to the President of the Synod (1959-1968). He also served as regional mission consultant for the Lutheran Church in America's Division for Mission in North America (1973-1976). He was named President Emeritus of the Virginia Synod upon his retirement in 1987.

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