Mark Matlock is the Executive Director of Urbana 2025 for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and a Senior Fellow at Barna. Mark's researchprovides insights into younger generations, cultivating resilie...

Mark Matlock is the Executive Director of Urbana 2025 for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and a Senior Fellow at Barna. Mark's researchprovides insights into younger generations, cultivating resilient disciples,and knowing the pulse of your city. As the founder of WisdomWorks, he has helped national and international faith-based organizations adapt to changing times by turning data and research into strategic action. Mark coauthored Faith for Exiles with David Kinnaman and, most recently, authored Faith for the Curious.

After working as a small business owner for 27 years, Representative Mark Meadows brings a business-style approach to Washington, D.C. During his time in Congress, he has championed pro-growth jobs po...

After working as a small business owner for 27 years, Representative Mark Meadows brings a business-style approach to Washington, D.C. During his time in Congress, he has championed pro-growth jobs policies, a sensible approach to reducing the national deficit, and a robust national defense. Mr. Meadows serves on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee where he Chairs the Subcommittee on Government Operations. Additionally, Mr. Meadows served as a congressional delegate to the 68th session of the United Nations General Assembly and as a commissioner on the Congressional-Executive Commission on China. He is dedicated to providing top-notch constituent services to North Carolina’s 11th Congressional District and is committed to upholding his Christian values and conservative principles while serving in Congress. Mark lives in Jackson County with his wife Debbie. They have two college-age children, Blake and Haley.

Mark Mittelberg is a bestselling author, international speaker, and Executive Director of The Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University. Mark is the...

Mark Mittelberg is a bestselling author, international speaker, and Executive Director of The Lee Strobel Center for Evangelism and Applied Apologetics at Colorado Christian University. Mark is the primary author of the celebrated Becoming a Contagious Christian training course (with Lee Strobel). This course has been translated into more than twenty languages and has helped nearly two million people share Christ in natural ways. He also co-authored the Becoming a Contagious Christian book, followed by his leadership-oriented Becoming a Contagious Church which presents an innovative blueprint for church-based evangelism. Mark was the original evangelism director at Willow Creek Community Church in Chicago. He led in that role for seven years, and then served as Executive Vice President of the Willow Creek Association. He was also an editorial consultant and periodic guest for Lee Strobel’s television show, Faith Under Fire. He and Strobel have been ministry partners for more than thirty years. After receiving an undergraduate degree in business, Mark earned an MA in Philosophy of Religion, graduating magna cum laude from Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois. He also received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from Southern Evangelical Seminary in Charlotte, North Carolina. Mark and Heidi live near Denver, Colorado, and are the parents of Emma Jean and Matthew, both of whom serve in full time ministry roles.

Mark is the co-founder and Executive Director of 99 Behind. He has a passion is to be a spiritual father to the lost, a chaplain to his brothers and sisters in law enforcement, and a deputy Marshal se...

Mark is the co-founder and Executive Director of 99 Behind. He has a passion is to be a spiritual father to the lost, a chaplain to his brothers and sisters in law enforcement, and a deputy Marshal serving his community. He loves using story (especially movies) to highlight biblical truths and use those truths to guide people to a life of purpose and authentic connection to Christ. In 2004 Mark co-founded Four Streams Ministries (known now as 99Behind) Previously he and his wife Laurie served for 13 years with Campus Crusade for Christ working with high school students and families. In those years of discipling teens and leading teams, mission trips, retreats, and conferences, Mark became burdened by the need to reach men of all ages, not just teenagers. Since 2004 Mark and friends of the ministry have been offering men and their families a way to connect with God by reaching them where they live, introducing them to Christ and helping them to grow. He is a graduate of Texas A&M University and an ordained minister with a Master’s Degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. He is a trained Exchanged Life counselor, freedom minister, Life Coach, a Deputy Marshal and Chaplain.

Mark is now a reservist in special operations, but in October 2001, he was the commander of ODA 595, one of the first two 12-man teams to arrive in Afghanistan.

Mark is now a reservist in special operations, but in October 2001, he was the commander of ODA 595, one of the first two 12-man teams to arrive in Afghanistan.

Mark Ramsey is the creator, writer, and host of imaginative, top-ranked podcasts including Wondery’s Inside making-of series featuring Inside Psycho, Inside the Exorcist, Inside Jaws and Inside Star W...

Mark Ramsey is the creator, writer, and host of imaginative, top-ranked podcasts including Wondery’s Inside making-of series featuring Inside Psycho, Inside the Exorcist, Inside Jaws and Inside Star Wars. All ranked in Apple Podcasts’ top ten upon debut. He has also written and produced POPS: The Louis Armstrong Story, an audio biopic featuring Reno Wilson (Mike and Molly, Good Girls) as Armstrong, and co-wrote and produced The Undercovers, featuring Ed O’Neill (Modern Family). In 2022, Ramsey produced the full cast dramatic thriller Aftershock for iHeartRadio, starring Sarah Wayne Callies (The Walking Dead), David Harbour (Stranger Things) and Jeffrey Dean Morgan (The Walking Dead, Watchmen). In 2023, Ramsey created, wrote, and directed the Ambie Award-nominated and Signal Award-winning thriller series Dark Sanctum for REALM and Wondery+. It features Clive Standen (Vikings), Bethany Joy Lenz (One Tree Hill, Dexter), and Michael O’Neill (Seabiscuit, Dallas Buyers Club). Also in 2023, Ramsey created the Signal Award-winning limited series FADE IN: Quentin Tarantino & Pulp Fiction for public radio legend KCRW in Santa Monica.

LifeMark Ministries was founded by Mark Schupbach, a businessman with a desire to use the experience, gifts, and talents he has been given by God to support and equip believers in their faith journey....

LifeMark Ministries was founded by Mark Schupbach, a businessman with a desire to use the experience, gifts, and talents he has been given by God to support and equip believers in their faith journey. Mark serves as the CEO and lay teacher for LifeMark. Mark's involvement with church and ministry began more than 30 years ago. He taught Bible Study Fellowship in Dallas for nine years, and he founded Next Step Bible Study in 2003, where he currently serves as the teaching leader. In 2013, Mark expanded his ministry involvement with the founding of LIfeMark Ministries, a discipleship ministry that focuses on the practical application of God’s Word in the lives of believers. He has served as an elder and president on three church governing boards as well as numerous non-profit boards, including: The TurnAround Agenda (Dr. Tony Evans) and Insight for Living (Dr. Chuck Swindoll). In addition, he served on the President’s Council at Dallas Theological Seminary for nine years. Mark has been married to his wife, Marty, since 1969. They have three married daughters and six grandchildren.

Mark Stein is the author of The Presidential Fringe: Questing & Jesting for the Oval Office. His other non-fiction includes How the States Got Their Shapes, which became the basis for a History Channe...

Mark Stein is the author of The Presidential Fringe: Questing & Jesting for the Oval Office. His other non-fiction includes How the States Got Their Shapes, which became the basis for a History Channel series by the same name; American Panic: A History of Who Scares Us and Why; and Vice Capades: Sex, Drugs & Bowling from the Pilgrims to the Present. In other realms, his writing includes the screenplay for the Steve Martin/Goldie Hawn film, Housesitter, and the stage play, Direct from Death Row the Scottsboro Boys, whose 2015 Chicago production was cited as one of that year’s best by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun Times. Mark lives in Washington, DC, with his wife, a Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress. To any young person hoping to become a writer, he would urge them to marry someone who works at the Library of Congress.

Mark Strauss (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary San Diego. He is the author or coauthor of several books and numerous articles, including How to Read the Bi...

Mark Strauss (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of New Testament at Bethel Seminary San Diego. He is the author or coauthor of several books and numerous articles, including How to Read the Bible in Changing Times, Four Portraits, One Jesus: An Introduction to Jesus and the Gospels, How to Choose a Translation for All It's Worth (with Gordon D. Fee), The Essential Bible Companion (with John Walton) and commentaries on Mark's Gospel in the Zondervan Exegetical Commetary Series and Expositors Bible Commentary, Vol. 9. He is New Testament editor of the Expanded Bible and the Teach the Text Commentary Series. He also serves as Vice-Chair of the Committee for Bible Translation for the New International Version and as an associate editor for the NIV Study Bible. Strauss has a heart for ministry and preaches and teaches regularly at churches, conferences and college campuses. He is the weekly teacher at the Cove Bible Study at The Church at Rancho Bernardo. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Roxanne, and three kids.

Dr. Mark T. Coppenger, Professor of Christian Apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, also is managing editor of the online Kairos Journal, the source of the...

Dr. Mark T. Coppenger, Professor of Christian Apologetics at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, also is managing editor of the online Kairos Journal, the source of the articles in the NKJV Unapologetic Study Bible. He has been executive director of the State Convention of Baptists in Indiana; founding editor of SBC Life, the journal of the Southern Baptist Convention; and president of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt and a Master of Divinity degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before attending seminary, he taught at Wheaton and Vanderbilt, where he directed a project for the National Endowment for the Humanities. He has written, edited or contributed to numerous books. His articles and reviews have appeared in Teaching Philosophy, Touchstone, American Spectator, Criswell Review, Reformation and Revival, Themelios, Providence, USA Today and Christian Scholar’s Review. Dr. Coppenger has served as pastor of First Baptist Church of El Dorado, Arkansas; chairman of the SBC Resolutions Committee; and a short-term mission volunteer to Brazil, Russia, Romania, Belgium, Egypt and Sudan. He is a retired infantry officer.

Mark Tooley is IRD's president and editor of IRD's foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence A...

Mark Tooley is IRD's president and editor of IRD's foreign policy and national security journal, Providence. Prior to joining the IRD in 1994, Mark worked eight years for the Central Intelligence Agency. He is a graduate of Georgetown University and is a native of Arlington, Virginia. A lifelong United Methodist, he has been active in United Methodist renewal since 1988, when he wrote a study about denominational funding of pro-Marxist groups for his local congregation. He attends a United Methodist church in Alexandria, Virginia. Mark Tooley became president of the Institute on Religion and Democracy (IRD) in 2009. He joined IRD in 1994 to found its United Methodist committee (UMAction). He is the author of Taking Back The United Methodist Church, published in 2008; Methodism and Politics in the 20th Century, published in 2012; and The Peace That Almost Was: The Forgotten Story of the 1861 Washington Peace Conference and the Final Attempt to Avert the Civil War, published in 2015. His articles about the political witness of America's churches have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The American Spectator, First Things, Patheos, World, Christianity Today, The Weekly Standard, National Review Online, Washington Examiner, Human Events, The Washington Times, The Review of Faith and International Affairs, Touchstone, The Chicago Tribune, The New York Post, and elsewhere. He is a frequent commentator on radio and television.

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...

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.