Mary L. McCord, Senior Minister

     Mary L. McCord is currently our senior minister, having accepted the position in October of 2005.  Mary had formerly served the Sikeston church as youth minister from 1995 until May of 2004.  After resigning from that position, she answered a call from First Christian Church in Newport, Arkansas to be their senior minister, where she served until June of 2005.

     Mary obtained a Bachelor of Science (Interdisciplinary Studies) degree with emphases in Psychology, Philosophy and Religion from Southeast Missouri State University in Cape Girardeau, MO and her Master of Divinity degree from Memphis Theological Seminary in 2005, where she graduated summa cum laude.  She was ordained by the Mid-America Region of the Disciples of Christ in 2006.

    She and husband Bob have been married for 35 years and are the parents of Kimberly and Elizabeth.