Our Pastors

Pastor, Mark Woods.  Mark and his wife, Yvonne, were both born and raised in Oklahoma. They both graduated from Oklahoma Baptist University. High School sweethearts, they married while in school at OBU. Mark continued his education at Southwestern Theological Seminary in Fort Worth as Yvonne began her career as a public school teacher. Mark earned a M.Div. and PhD in theology and taught systematic theology and biblical theology for three years while writing his dissertation. Graduating in 1980, Mark and Yvonne accepted the call to pastor Memorial Baptist Church in Grapevine, TX, as they started their family. They have three children, Rebecca, John, and Matthew, and three granddaughters, Grace, Madeleine, and Alice. Mark went on to pastor First Baptist Church, McAlester, OK, 1985-1993 and University Baptist Church, Fort Worth, TX, 1993-2015. Yvonne retired from teaching followed a few years later by Mark’s retirement at the end of 2015. After serving for two years as interim pastor of Clear Fork Baptist Church in Parker County, TX, Mark became our pastor at the end of 2019.  Mark enjoys woodworking and fly fishing, and Yvonne is an accomplished quilter.