Hugo McCord

[1]Hugo McCord (1911–2004) was a preacher and biblical scholar within the Churches of Christ in America. He produced his own translation of the New Testament (and Genesis, Psalms, and Proverbs), titled The Everlasting Gospel, which he affectionately called the Freed-Hardeman Version (FHV).[2][3]

McCord attended a number of schools: Freed-Hardeman College (now Freed-Hardeman University), the University of Illinois, the University of Tulsa, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary. In addition to serving as a preacher in a number of congregations, he taught at Oklahoma Christian College (now Oklahoma Christian University).

Among his many converts he baptized American church historian Earl Irvin West in 1935.[4]

References

  1. ^ http://www.friendsoftherestoration.com/research/connections/born-in-mississippi/mccord-carl-hugo-2.html
  2. ^ https://fhu.yourmembership.com/store/view_product.asp?id=5154
  3. ^ http://www.theexaminer.org/volume3/number2/hugo.htm
  4. ^ Meredith, Don (2011 Spring). "Campus mourns loss of Earl West". Bridge (Memphis, Tennessee: Harding School of Theology) 51 (4): pp. 1, 3. 

Many of McCord's writings have been archived online at www.christianarticles.org