The Reverend B. Y. Boone, a native of Virginia, has been active with MCC for over 25 years. A graduate of Hampton Institute, Rev. Boone was employed as a Teacher and Student Activities Coordinator in Virginia prior to relocating to Northern Virginia to begin formal study for the professional ministry. Reverend Boone earned a Master of Divinity degree, Magna Cum Laude, from Wesley Theological Seminary in 1996 with an emphasis in preaching and worship.

A member of the UFMCC since 1983, Rev. Boone has held active memberships in New Life MCC of Tidewater (now Hampton Roads) in Norfolk, Virginia, MCC of Northern Virginia (NOVA) in Oakton/Fairfax, MCC-Washington in Washington, D.C. and St. John's MCC in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Since joining MCC, Rev. Boone has served in several District, Regional and Fellowship ministries through the years, including fifteen (15) years on the Mid-Atlantic District Committee as a lay representative and District Clerk.

From 1997 to 2000, Reverend Boone served as the Assistant Pastor for Education and Training at MCC-Washington. After serving at MCC-DC, Reverend Boone was a much sought after guest preacher, teacher and workshop leader both in and outside of the UFMCC.

In July of 2001, with 98% of the votes cast, Reverend Boone became the second African-American to be called to serve as the fourth Pastor of St. John's MCC in Raleigh, North Carolina. In addition to serving as Senior Pastor at St. John’s, Rev. Boone also serves as one of MCC’s Clergy Representatives to the North Carolina Council of Churches, a member of the Board of Directors for The Triangle Interfaith Alliance (TIA), as well as a member of the Board of Directors for the Alliance of AIDS Services-Carolina (AAS-C).

In 2007, Reverend Boone was appointed to serve on the Moderator’s Theologies Team for UFMCC and has served on the MCC Region 3 Facilitation Team prior to being appointed the Network Lead for MCC’s in North and South Carolina.