Hugo McCord (1911–2004) was an American 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. McCord attended a number of schools: Freed–Hardeman College (now Freed–Hardeman University), the University of Illinois, the University of Tulsa, the 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. See also List of people from Oklahoma City List of people from Mississippi List of people from Washington (state) List of translators into English List of University of Tulsa people References 1911 births 2004 deaths 20th-century American writers 20th-century American translators 21st-century American writers 21st-century Protestant religious leaders 21st-century translators Freed–Hardeman University alumni American members of the Churches of Christ Ministers of the Churches of Christ New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary alumni Oklahoma Christian University faculty Clergy from Oklahoma City People from Union County, Mississippi Writers from Vancouver, Washington Southern Baptist Theological Seminary alumni Translators of the Bible into English University of Illinois alumni University of Tulsa alumni Writers from Mississippi Writers from Oklahoma City 20th-century American clergy 21st-century American clergy