Rev. Mark R. Byrd is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA). He received his Master of Divinity at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1993. He was ordained in the Baptist Church in 1985. After serving Baptist congregations in North Carolina and Virginia, he became a charter member at MCC Fredericksburg. In 2005, he came to MCC-DC as a transfer clergy candidate. He has since served MCC congregations in North Carolina and New Jersey.