About Mother Superior

Mother McCoy’ spiritual gift to the Body of Christ is that of an encourager of an inspirational writer. Her special God given ability is to inspire others to reach their full potential by challenging, comforting and guiding them in such a way that they are motivated to grow. These words on the pages can carry the anointing of these celebration gifts. Through the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, and the integrity of this author to recall the encounter with integrity, the Lord can release a miraculous work of His hand to the reader as he or she reads her work. She is open to how the Lord can use her writing to release these gifts to others. Mother McCoy states she is praying for wisdom and insight that the Lord might communicate power and authority through her writing.

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Susie Nelson (McCoy), AKA Mother Superior, was born May 3, 1938, in Plainfield, New Jersey. She was filled with the Holy Ghost at the age of nine in Scotch Plains, NJ, under the Spiritual tutelage of the Late Bishop Robert S. and Mother Annie Grayer. Mother McCoy has faithfully served the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ for seventy-four years.

 

In 1956 after graduating from Plainfield High School, Susie attended her first International Women’s Council which was held in Bluefield, West Virginia. She was in such awe as she witnessed the mighty move of the Lord on the women of God, that she asked the Lord to one day allow her to be the President of that great auxiliary. She held on to that dream for 44 years. In October of 2000 in Denver, Colorado, her dream became a reality! She meritoriously served as President of the International Women’s Council (IWC) from 2000 until 2003. Her first gift to her officers and staff was a scholarship to attend the W. L. Bonner College. Twenty-six people received Mother McCoy’s Presidential gift of wisdom. On alternating Saturdays, the classes were offered in New York, Detroit and Columbia, South Carolina.

 

Additional crowning achievements of her Presidential tenure include implementing enrollment; an elevation from registration, enrollment included a beautiful leather portfolio, a free inspirational book, inscribed pen; all workshop material and the inauguration of the breakfast with the President ticket included in the enrollment price. Mother McCoy also implemented a system which eliminated hotel tax for delegates; the return to the founding theme of Unity; and purple shoes as part of the official IWC uniform. Additionally, she reorganized the administrative structure of the IWC to include Directors as part of the executive cabinet. As a highly competent and confident leader, she skillfully delegated authority and empowered women to exercise their gifts and talents free of micromanagement. She was known for wearing a Presidential cape of Motherhood and she remains the epitome of a true Apostolic Mother.

Prior to her international presidential post, Mother McCoy served as Vice President of Education for the IWC from 1997 to 2000. During this time, she established the Mother Dorothy Anderson Scholarship, which covers the cost of travel, tuition, and fees for international students; the Mother Susie N. McCoy Scholarship, which covers the cost of tuition and fees for domestic students; and the Mother Sandra M. Jones Scholarship, which gives aid to Christian Schools within the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Mother McCoy worked at Bethune-Cookman College (now university) from 1964 until 1972 as the Division Secretary for the School of Social Science. During her tenure, she helped the institution through its self-study for accreditation.

 As a child, Mother McCoy witnessed the processional of the members of the Board of Education marching into the Holy Convocation on Education Day in their academic regalia. In preparation   for one day joining that procession, Mother McCoy has held on to her childhood dream. Proving that it’s never too late for God to come through, she has miraculously accomplished the following academic achievements as a non-traditional student:

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Mother McCoy is an Apostolic Mother and Teacher ordained by God to train women and girls in the Ministries of Teaching, Christian education/Spiritual development, loving their husbands, rearing closely-knit families, and much more.

• In 1990, at the age of 52, she earned the Associate of Science Degree from Daytona Beach Community College.

• In 2008, at the age of 70, she graduated with Cum Laude honors and as the salutatorian of her class from the W. L. Bonner College with a Bachelor of Religious Studies, and a focus in Women’s Ministries.

• In 2011, at the age of 73, she graduated with a Master of Science in Theology from Liberty University.

• In 2013, at the age of 75, she earned the terminal degree of EdS (Educational Specialist) from Liberty University.

• In 2014, at the age of 76, she earned the Graduate Certificate in Pastoral Counseling from Liberty University.

• In 2015, at the age of 77, she graduated with a Master of Religious Education (MRE) from Liberty University.

• Her two master’s in theology are the equivalent of a master’s in divinity (M.Div.). The program required her to work in the field for three years. She did so by serving as the Apostolic Mother of the Greater Refuge Memorial Church, Diocesan Mother for the Florida Ecclesiastical Diocese and Director of Women for Region X.

• In 2017, at the age of 79, she has admirably been accepted into the Doctor of Ministry (D.Min.) degree seeking program with a Worship Cognate at Liberty University!

 

Mother McCoy is a quiet, patient, warm, caring, Spirit-filled woman who has given herself untiringly to God, her children and the up building of the Kingdom of God. She currently serves as President Emerita of the IWC; Chairperson of the W. L. Bonner Scholarship Committee for the International Missionary Department; Director of Women for Region X; President of the Florida Ecclesiastical Diocese Missionary Department and Apostolic Mother for the Greater Refuge Memorial Church. Her greatest desire is to bring light to the dark and love to the unloved by lifting up Jesus in such a way that people would be compelled to yield to Him.

 

An avid traveler and Senior Missionary, she founded a COOLJC in Pullman WA and has spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ throughout the United States, across five continents and the Caribbean Islands.

 

She is the widow of the Late Bishop Ruel B. McCoy of Belize, British Honduras. They remained married thirty-four years from 1959 until his demise in June of 1993. Bishop McCoy pastored churches in Sorrento, Miami, and Orlando. Bishop McCoy often referred to his faithful companion and remarkable Helpmate as “Sugar Babe.” Mother McCoy has four children, two daughters- in- love, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren.

 

Continuing to press towards the mark of the prize, the Lord has blessed Mother McCoy to share the joy of her life and journey to God in her memoir, Blest. Broken. Given. To purchase a copy visit: www.Amazon.com; Ebay.com; BarnesandNobles.com; or www.ebookstand.com/book details/Blest._Broken._Given. She has also authored Cutting Straight and Dropped: An Apostolic Mother’s Reflection of 73 years of the 100 Year Centennial of the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith, Inc.

 

Mother McCoy’s advice for longevity and happiness is: Love the Lord, study His Word, serve God by sharing His love and His Word, spend quality time with family, laugh out loud; don’t be afraid to dream; and hold on to your dream until God brings it into reality.