Mark is originally from Indiana, but has been in Louisiana since he attended Centenary College of Louisiana.  He graduated from both Centenary and Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist University. He is married to his beautiful wife Shelley and has four wonderful children.  He is a lifelong United Methodist and can trace his Methodist roots back to his great grandfather who served as a circuit rider in Montana in the early 1900s.  Mark currently is in his sixth year as the pastor of Summer Grove United Methodist in Shreveport, Louisiana.