Elder Mary Little is the pastor of Greater Outreach Apostolic Church, Inc.  located in Cheraw, SC.  Her greatest enjoyment is to see God’s people reach their full potential in Jesus Christ and reap the benefits of salvation. “For the earth is the Lord’s and the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein.”     Serving God’s people has always been her passion.

On April 3, 2011, she was installed as Pastor along with her husband Elder Little as Assistant Pastor of Greater Outreach Apostolic after the untimely death of Bishop E. N. McNair.

She is a native of Morven, NC; born in Guilford County to Eunice Norton and raised in Anson County.  She is the sixth child of a family of eight destined for a great purpose in the will of God.

As a child and teenager, she attended Streater Grove A.M.E. Zion Church, serving as an usher, choir member and Sunday school secretary.   In 1978, Pastor Little surrendered to the call of God as the scripture reads in Acts 2:38.  She joined Greater Outreach Church where she dedicated herself to serving Jesus under the leadership of the late Bishop E. N. McNair.

Pastor Little accepted the call into the ministry in 1984 according to Isaiah 61: 1 “The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.”   In March of 1985, she preached her initial sermon along with her husband, Elder Larry Little at Outreach under the leadership of the late Bishop E. N. McNair.  She diligently and faithfully served as Elder, Sunday School Teacher, Church Business Manager/ secretary, minister and missionary.  She also served as one the ministers at the Cheraw Nursing home.

She has been happily married to Elder Larry Little, Assistant Pastor for over 39 years.  They have two sons, Samuel and James; one daughter-in-law, Tamron. They have been blessed with four grandchildren, Caleb, Caden, Savannah and Sydney Little.

She graduated from Anson High School in Wadesboro, NC.  Then she attended Northeastern Technical College, Cheraw, SC with an interest in the Human Service program.  Pastor Little received her Associate of Science Degree in Office System Technology from Richmond Community College.   In 2002, she graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration from Gardner Webb University.  Pastor Little has earned several certificates from Elohim Bible School, Hartsville, SC and is now Bishop Elect for the NACIJC INC.. Currently, Pastor Little is employed as Assistant Director of Financial Aid at Richmond Community College in Hamlet, NC.  <<Download Biographical Sketch>>>