{"id":79,"date":"2026-08-09T13:35:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:35:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/?page_id=79"},"modified":"2026-08-09T13:35:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:35:58","slug":"area-minister-rev-dr-mark-mccloy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/area-minister-rev-dr-mark-mccloy\/","title":{"rendered":"Area Minister Rev. Dr. Mark McCloy"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mark McCloy<\/h3>\n

Director of Leadership Ministries and Northwest Area Minister: Serving the Good Hope, Harrisville, Little Kanawha, Panhandle and Parkersburg Associations<\/h5>\n

<\/i>\u00a0304-422-6449
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Mark is a graduate of Alderson-Broaddus College (1988) and Southeastern Baptist Seminary (1991). He achieved certification in Congregational Leadership through the Center for Excellence in Congregational Leadership (CECL). \u00a0In 2016, he received his Doctor of Ministry in Leadership of Missional Church Renewal through Palmer Seminary at Parchment Valley Conference Center.<\/p>\n

Mark has been in professional ministry since his college days, serving churches in the Parkersburg and Union Associations as well as a church in North Carolina.\u00a0 He served as regional dean for the School of Christian Studies for many years, teaching over 20 different courses. Mark has been active in the life of the Parkersburg Baptist Association, the community ministries in Wirt County, and in the West Virginia Baptist Convention.\u00a0 He has gone on mission trips to Bolivia and Hungary and currently serves on the Mission Partnership Team for Juan and Denise Aragon.<\/p>\n

Mark lives in Elizabeth, WV with his wife Mary Beth.\u00a0 They have four children: Sarah, Ben, Rebekah, and Daniel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Mark McCloy Director of Leadership Ministries and Northwest Area Minister: Serving the Good Hope, Harrisville, Little Kanawha, Panhandle and Parkersburg Associations \u00a0304-422-6449 \u00a0mccloy@wvbc.org Mark is a graduate of Alderson-Broaddus College (1988) and Southeastern Baptist Seminary (1991). He achieved certification in Congregational Leadership through the Center for Excellence in Congregational Leadership (CECL). \u00a0In 2016, he received Read More …<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/79\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodhopeassociation.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}