Mark Turman grew up in Tyler, TX in a large Catholic family. At 17, he made a personal commitment to Christ Jesus as Savior and Lord and later committed to vocational ministry during his freshman year in college. In 1986 Mark married his high school sweetheart, Judi and they have two adult children, Kelsey and Thomas. Mark is the Senior Pastor at Crosspoint Church in McKinney, Texas, where he was the founding pastor of the church over twenty years ago. He is also the Senior Fellow for Church Leadership at the Denison Forum and is a driving force behind their recently launched ministry, A Pastor’s View.