{"id":3946,"date":"2025-08-01T09:08:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T13:08:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/?p=3946"},"modified":"2025-12-08T13:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T18:59:17","slug":"extension-ministry-spotlight-cross-and-key-prison-ministries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/2025\/08\/extension-ministry-spotlight-cross-and-key-prison-ministries\/","title":{"rendered":"Extension Ministry Spotlight: Cross and Key Prison Ministries"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Welcome to our series that spotlights NC Conference pastors serving in extension ministries. Read about other&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/nccumc.org\/clergy-life\/tag\/extension-ministers\">extension ministers<\/a>&nbsp;as these stories are published weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rev. Dr. Mark Hicks<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Rev. Dr. Mark Hicks has served as the Founding Director of <a href=\"https:\/\/crossandkeyprisonministries.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cross and Key Prison Ministries<\/a> since 1999. Prior to this, he served three full-time pastoral appointments in the Western North Carolina Conference. He transferred to the North Carolina Conference in 2008. In the North Carolina Conference, he also served 1\/2 time as Associate Pastor of Trinity UMC in Southport for 5 years and is currently serving 1\/4 time at Hallsboro UMC and 1\/4 at Chadbourn UMC as pastor. The work at the two churches is in addition to his work as Director of Cross and Key Prison Ministry. 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