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Mark was born and raised in Bayfield, WI by two strong Christian parents. He learned about the Christian faith (how to be saved) and Christian morality (how to behave), but he lacked two things until he was 20 years old: a passionate intimacy with Christ, and a personal surrender to Christ. During that college-aged season of faith growth, Mark sensed a profound calling to vocational ministry. 

Mark served as a youth pastor for over 25 years, seeing the cultural trends and fads come and go. He has learned that, the more things change, the more they stay the same: we all crave a healthy and accepting community, a purpose to live for, an enduring hope in temporal struggles, answers to life's biggest questions, and most importantly, an authentic saving relationship with their Creator. He builds his ministry and teaching around these timeless needs for any community God gives him to serve. Recently, Mark has taken on a new role as Associate Campus Pastor at Elmbrook Lake Country in Hartland, WI. Along with being on the preaching team, he oversees discipleship of all life stages.

Mark currently lives in Mukwonago, WI with his wife and best friend of over 25 years. He has four adult children who all live nearby. He's a big fan of Wisconsin sports teams, ridiculous amounts of coffee, and nerdy board games like Settlers of Catan!