Our Pastor

Our Pastor
Reverend Dr. Deidre L. McBride

Reverend Dr. Deidre L. McBride is a native of Anson County, NC. She is a beloved wife, mother, daughter, grandmother, godmother, and friend. Dr. McBride has been married to Lonnie L. McBride Sr. for 33 years, and they have two children and three grandchildren and a host of spiritual sons and daughters. Dr. McBride has been employed in the field of education for 30 years. She is currently a certified special education teacher with the Anson County Schools, which is one of her passions.

Dr. McBride’s greatest passion came when she accepted the call to minister the Gospel of Jesus Christ in September 2001. She was later licensed as an Evangelist at the New Life Faith Christian Ministries in Cheraw, SC, under the leadership of Pastor Jean Sellers. It was July of 2005 that Reverend McBride relocated back to her Anson County, rededicating her fellowship with her home church, Poplar Springs Missionary Baptist Church as Associate Minister.

Having a pulpit vacancy and by the leading of the Holy Spirit, Minister Deidre McBride was elected to the office of Pastor on November 2, 2008. Being satisfied with her qualifications, an ordination and installation service was held on Sunday, February 15, 2009, under the direction of the Zion Missionary Baptist Association Ordaining Council. It was a service of elevation in which the title, “Reverend” was bestowed upon her. Reverend McBride believed like Esther that, “she had been brought to the Kingdom for such a time as this.” She served as Pastor for nine years.

On May 20, 2018, she was installed as Pastor of the Fletcher Grove Missionary Baptist Church in Laurinburg, NC. However, in February 2019, she was led to assist (Uncle) Bishop Richardson at Saints Delight Church, Albemarle, NC. She served as interim pastor for three years, resigning in November 2021 and began her evangelism journey with faith, prayer, and obedience to God’s Word.

As the Apostle Paul, she would rather glory in her infirmities, so she continued to minister throughout a stage 2 breast cancer diagnosis in November 2023. She endured surgery in December 2023. Beginning in January 2024, she started 6 months of chemotherapy. In June 2024, she rang the bell and her siblings celebrated with her.

However, on June 23, 2024, her oldest and only brother, Lee, passed; four days later, her oldest sister, Juliet, passed. In July, she began 6 weeks of daily radiation and rang the bell with tears in her eyes. But through it all, she never stopped preaching and teaching the gospel of Jesus Christ!!! “Children of God, it has been a tough journey, but God has been right by my side.” Along with my husband, Lonnie!!

Dr. McBride is grateful that God has gifted her in many areas of ministry to sing, instruct, pastor, evangelize, mentor, and counsel to bring others closer in their relationship with Christ. God has anointed Dr. McBride as His vessel of honor to preach many revivals, leading many to Christ. She has performed marriage ceremonies, baptisms, house and baby dedication ceremonies. She has licensed ministers and ordained male and female deacons. And although she has been called, anointed, appointed, and equipped by God as a disciple of Jesus Christ.

Dr. McBride has an unwavering dedication to ministry. Driven by a thirst for knowledge, she enrolled and received various degrees from Life Christian University. Her Graduate studies led to earning a Master of Divinity degree. Still pressing forward, Dr. McBride received the highest degree of honor on May 20, 2017, with a Doctor of Ministry from the Apex School of Theology in Durham, NC.

Dr. McBride’s education and training have provided her with invaluable knowledge and skills to effectively lead a church and mentor other pastors and church leaders, giving her a profound understanding of the rewarding and enriching challenges and opportunities that come with leading a church. She believes that preaching and teaching the Word of God coupled with the power of prayer and intercession are undeniable powerful tools for nurturing spiritual growth and transformation. She encourages her followers to study the Bible and apply its teachings to their lives for a deeper understanding of God’s Will.

Moreover, Dr. McBride lives by the words of the Apostle Paul in Philippians 3:7-8, “But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Yea doubtless, and I count all things but loss for the excellency of the knowledge of Christ Jesus my Lord: for whom I have suffered the loss of all things, and do count them but dung, that I may win Christ.”