Jim McClintock, a bass singer, was widely known for his work
in the Voice of Prophecy King's Heralds male quartet and as
Executive Director/Secretary for Ministry of the Cross, a
full-time speaking and singing ministry. In his work with
MC, he gave concerts, participated in revival meetings, and
made television and radio appearances throughout the U.S.,
Canada, and Latin America. MC produced over 25 albums
including some featuring songs performed by him and his
wife, Ann, a contralto and a registered nurse and graduate
of the Loma Linda School of Nursing. Three of the
albums are in Spanish.
Jim was born near Springfield, Ohio, on November 6, 1934,
one of three children of James Franklin and Annetta Mae
Wires McClintock. He began singing at age six and all during
his high school and college years sang in numerous quartets,
including a group known as the King's Men Quartet while he
was attending Southern Missionary College, now Southern
Adventist University, in the 1950's.
McClintock graduated from SMC with a B.A. degree in business
and accounting and then worked in a number of accounting and
CPA firms for several years as a way to support his growing
music career. He declined an offer to sing in
the Jordanaires Quartet in 1958, when they were the back-up
group for Elvis Presley for several of his recordings and
movies. He married Ann C. Pillor on October 4, 1959.
In 1961, John Thurber, a former member of the
SMC Adelphian and King's Men quartets, was chosen to sing in
the VOP King's Heralds quartet. When, after Thurber's first
year in the VOP quartet, two positions opened, two other
former SMC quartet members, McClintock and Jack
Veazey, joined the quartet. They sang together for five
years before Thurber left in 1967. During that time, the
quartet joined with Del Delker and Maurita Phillips
Thornburgh to sing in a group under Wayne Hooper called the Hymnsingers.
He also sang in numerous other choral groups including the
Roger Wagner Chorale and the Mitzelfelt Chorale.
McClintock, continued with the quartet for another ten years
after Thurber left. During his fifteen years with the King's
Heralds, where he was affectionally known as "Big Mac," he
sang in over twenty languages and dialects, recorded
numerous albums, and traveled extensively in many countries.
After Jim left the VOP in 1977, he developed Ministry of the
Cross in 1983 as a nonprofit, tax-exempt California
corporation,a personal music and preaching ministry. It
became a full-time endeavor in 1988. Jim and Ann were
residing in Thousand Oaks, California, when she died on
January 14, 2018. He was living there when he died in a
hospital in Los Angeles, California, on November 28, 2021,
at age 87.